What one Candian compnay wrote in response to someone asking about Provincial Court Searches:
"I think people just have to be aware of the differences between a provincial criminal check and a CPIC check.
Most of the time the difference is that the client cannot provide signed consent (not true)
and so a provincial check is done in lieu - this often happens when companies want to do some due diligence on another company while being discreet about it. (Not true)
It is also true that a Provincial Check will sometimes pick up convictions that were not recorded in CPIC because the officer (or Court)
failed (or wasn't required)
to report or submit the information to CPIC or take prints.
Clearly the national CPIC search conducted with consent is the best option." (This is the million dollar question.>Why?)
by Steven Brownstein
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