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Canadian Human Rights Commission
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Overview

Resolving Disputes

Discrimination and Harassment

Section 25 of the Act defines this ground as a conviction for which a pardon has been granted by any authority under law.

Once a pardon has been granted, differential treatment because of a conviction for that crime is prohibited.  People who have been pardoned of conviction of an offence deserve the same chance as everyone else to make the most of life.