Vic Toews: Fee Increases

News Sources Dept: OTTAWA -- Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is forging ahead with dramatic fee increases for pardon applications despite advice from within his own government that the move will have many negative consequences, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The move coincides with new provisions under a massive Conservative crime bill that will prohibit anyone with more than three indictable convictions from being eligible for a pardon and vic Toews CP The government plans to quadruple the cost of applying for a pardon to $631 from the current $150, saying taxpayers shouldn't subsidize the system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.