Editing Criminal record (section)

===Pardon===
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Criminal offences can be pardoned either by the [[Governor General of Canada]], [[Parole Board of Canada]] or through an [[Order in Council]] by the federal government, as determined by the crime involved under the ''Criminal Records Act''. Pardon has been renamed as record suspension under [[Safe Streets and Communities Act|Bill C-10]], otherwise known as the omnibus crime bill or by its formal name ''Safe Streets and Communities Act'', introduced by the Conservative government in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawtimesnews.com/Focus-On/Pardons-become-record-suspensions |title=Pardons become record suspensions &#124; Focus on &#124; Law Times News |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813224024/http://lawtimesnews.com/Focus-On/Pardons-become-record-suspensions |archive-date=13 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/LegislativeSummaries/bills_ls.asp?ls=c10-07&Parl=41&Ses=1&source=library_prb&Language=E |title=Legislative Summary of Bill C-10: 7 Amendments to the Criminal Records Act (Pardons) [Bill C-10, Part 3, Clauses 108–134, 137–146, 148–165, and the Schedule (Formerly Bill C-23B)&#93; |website=Parl.gc.ca |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101111042/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/LegislativeSummaries/bills_ls.asp?ls=c10-07&Parl=41&Ses=1&source=library_prb&Language=E |archive-date=1 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The change officially came into force on 13 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pbc-clcc.gc.ca/prdons/c23b-eng.shtml |title=Record Suspension and Clemency |website=Pbc-clcc.gc.ca |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003045/http://pbc-clcc.gc.ca/prdons/c23b-eng.shtml |archive-date=23 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, two provincial superior courts struck down the retroactive nature of these changes as unconstitutional. As a result, pardons are currently being granted to residents of BC and Ontario who were convicted prior to 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Seymour|first1=Andrew|title=Retroactive changes to criminal pardons found unconstitutional|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/retroactive-changes-to-criminal-pardons-found-unconstitutional|access-date=26 April 2018|agency=Ottawa Citizen|publisher=Postmedia Network Inc.|date=19 June 2017}}</ref>