SO FAR ONLY 118 CANNABIS PARDONS

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While the Liberal government estimated 10,000 Canadians with cannabis convictions were eligible for expedited pardons (out of some 500,000 with convictions that include other crimes), to date Public Safety Canada has only received 234 applications, and has given out only 118 pardons.CBC Politics

• Senator Kimberley Pate, appointed by Justin Trudeau in 2016, said the number was "incredibly low." She acknowledged despite the process being named a "no-cost record suspension system" it cost hundreds of . . .
  

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