Svend Robinson Off His Meds - Ready for Politics Again
This just gets better. Steal a $50,000 ring, go on happy meds, see a shrink then re-enter politics. That is just what Svend Robinson from BC is going to do. Before I go any further let me explain something to the public about the term CRIMINAL RECORD and what it means or does not mean in Canada.
The term "CRIMINAL RECORD" has NO specific legal meaning in Canada. NONE. You will not even find it defined in statute or regulations. No way , no how. So you can steal a ring worth Big Bucks or Beat the Hell out of another hockey player like Todd Bertuzzi did and the words CRIMINAL RECORD will just not apply. So it just gets better. The words that do apply most in Canadian courts are: "Conditional Discharge" - WOW! We need a system like this. In 1972 the Minister of Health explained that Parliament enacted the Conditional Discharge as means whereby the courts could avoid imposing a criminal record on people charged with possession of POT. As always the Canadian people ignored and or accepted the decision of Government as the real reason for this to be made Law. In fact it was the best way a Government could make certain Laws were made to be Broken. All without the long term side effects most of us would suffer.
Wooooow there Horsey: Back on Track. What About Svend Robinson? Poor Mr Robinson. O me oh my. The guy steals a $50,000 ring over a long weekend, takes it back the next business day and calls the cops. Why would he do this? STRESS. Experts. I mean people with University Doc's. They claim because Svend fell on his ass while hiking on Galiano Island he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress. Holly Shit. Next time I fall on my ass I should go to Canada, steal an entire damn bank. What BS. The guy announces his intent to run for public office again. He is sorry & he has a CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE - He should be judged for his record of hard work. Damn. This is good stuff. I can write a book of Legal excuses. Sell them as "Court Proven" - Guaranteed to work or you do not get your money back! Hey its Canada after all what did you expect?
Funny thing though. CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS are stored in the RCMP database forever. The only way you can show or explain the facts of the conviction in the database is to ATTACH the Notice of Conditional Discharge to the file! I just love it when a plan comes together. The tale of the "ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE" is just as funny. No Record is stored in the database after one year.
Update after an amendment in 1992 a CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE MUST be removed from the database in 3 years or less whatever mood the Court is in that day. Absolute Discharges must be removed in one year or less. You cannot enter the U.S. of A. with a CRIMINAL RECORD. This would screw not only the small guy but more important how the hell would the Canadian Leaders take that travel holiday? I mean some even go drinking in Hawaii.
The term "CRIMINAL RECORD" has NO specific legal meaning in Canada. NONE. You will not even find it defined in statute or regulations. No way , no how. So you can steal a ring worth Big Bucks or Beat the Hell out of another hockey player like Todd Bertuzzi did and the words CRIMINAL RECORD will just not apply. So it just gets better. The words that do apply most in Canadian courts are: "Conditional Discharge" - WOW! We need a system like this. In 1972 the Minister of Health explained that Parliament enacted the Conditional Discharge as means whereby the courts could avoid imposing a criminal record on people charged with possession of POT. As always the Canadian people ignored and or accepted the decision of Government as the real reason for this to be made Law. In fact it was the best way a Government could make certain Laws were made to be Broken. All without the long term side effects most of us would suffer.
Wooooow there Horsey: Back on Track. What About Svend Robinson? Poor Mr Robinson. O me oh my. The guy steals a $50,000 ring over a long weekend, takes it back the next business day and calls the cops. Why would he do this? STRESS. Experts. I mean people with University Doc's. They claim because Svend fell on his ass while hiking on Galiano Island he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress. Holly Shit. Next time I fall on my ass I should go to Canada, steal an entire damn bank. What BS. The guy announces his intent to run for public office again. He is sorry & he has a CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE - He should be judged for his record of hard work. Damn. This is good stuff. I can write a book of Legal excuses. Sell them as "Court Proven" - Guaranteed to work or you do not get your money back! Hey its Canada after all what did you expect?
Funny thing though. CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS are stored in the RCMP database forever. The only way you can show or explain the facts of the conviction in the database is to ATTACH the Notice of Conditional Discharge to the file! I just love it when a plan comes together. The tale of the "ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE" is just as funny. No Record is stored in the database after one year.
Update after an amendment in 1992 a CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE MUST be removed from the database in 3 years or less whatever mood the Court is in that day. Absolute Discharges must be removed in one year or less. You cannot enter the U.S. of A. with a CRIMINAL RECORD. This would screw not only the small guy but more important how the hell would the Canadian Leaders take that travel holiday? I mean some even go drinking in Hawaii.
posted by The Last Word | 5:34 PM
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