shockedcanadian
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This is made exponentially worse when you have a caste system that manufactures threats. EVen if you do NOT have a record, the covert apparatus keeps your secret dossier on file and ensures you are destroyed.
Over 1 million in Ontario who are just walking zombies who are thrown away long after they did their time. America would be wise to change also
Then some people wonder "why is crime so high"?! Or, how about the innovation we have lost by destroying good minds early in life, sometimes as kids. It's why from the RCMP on down, the greatest national security threat in Canada is the S.I.C, without question. Even Americans understand this now.
Brandon Gailbraith has been in and out of jail since he was a teenager and has a criminal record ranging from assault to break and enter to possession of a weapon.
So when it came time to turn his life around and find a job, the 32-year-old wasn't very optimistic about his prospects.
"Having a criminal record, it just kind of takes a lot of options off [the table]," Gailbraith told CBC Toronto.
His options were limited but eventually he was able to find work in construction in the Ottawa area, specifically in roofing.
Gailbraith isn't alone. More than one million people in Ontario have a criminal record, according to the province. The unemployment rate among them is around 50 per cent, according to Safiyah Husein, the John Howard Society of Ontario's (JHSO) director of policy. Finding a job can be even harder for those who are Black or Indigenous and have a criminal record, says Husein, who points to compounding issues such as racism and systemic discrimination.
But a new report by the JHSO says Ontario's legal system continues to punish people long after they have been released from jail, with laws that make it legal to discriminate against people with criminal records and hiring practices that leave qualified job seekers locked out of the workplace.
"It's acting as a permanent barrier to employment, even decades after serving their sentence," said Husein.
Over 1 million in Ontario who are just walking zombies who are thrown away long after they did their time. America would be wise to change also
Then some people wonder "why is crime so high"?! Or, how about the innovation we have lost by destroying good minds early in life, sometimes as kids. It's why from the RCMP on down, the greatest national security threat in Canada is the S.I.C, without question. Even Americans understand this now.
Brandon Gailbraith has been in and out of jail since he was a teenager and has a criminal record ranging from assault to break and enter to possession of a weapon.
So when it came time to turn his life around and find a job, the 32-year-old wasn't very optimistic about his prospects.
"Having a criminal record, it just kind of takes a lot of options off [the table]," Gailbraith told CBC Toronto.
His options were limited but eventually he was able to find work in construction in the Ottawa area, specifically in roofing.
Gailbraith isn't alone. More than one million people in Ontario have a criminal record, according to the province. The unemployment rate among them is around 50 per cent, according to Safiyah Husein, the John Howard Society of Ontario's (JHSO) director of policy. Finding a job can be even harder for those who are Black or Indigenous and have a criminal record, says Husein, who points to compounding issues such as racism and systemic discrimination.
But a new report by the JHSO says Ontario's legal system continues to punish people long after they have been released from jail, with laws that make it legal to discriminate against people with criminal records and hiring practices that leave qualified job seekers locked out of the workplace.
"It's acting as a permanent barrier to employment, even decades after serving their sentence," said Husein.
