Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Employment Dept: The result is that people are denied employment or run into a host of other problems, includ ing finding housing or travelling across the border, according to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, according to The Chronicle Herald. Disclosure of such sensitive information where no convic tion has occurred may under mine the presumption of inno cence, the association said in a new report and tORONTO Thousands of Canadians are being unfairly and often unwittingly tainted by information contained in police background checks, a prominent civil liberties group said Monday. At issue is the disclosure of non-conviction records information about an investiga tion, arrest or charge that did not lead to a conviction. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.