Respected veteran Robert Dale has just one thing in common with a convicted sex predator: both were born June 23, 1951.
Now that seemingly innocuous similarity is turning into a nightmare for Dale, who said Tuesday he won't beable to get a decent job for months because of it.
The holdup is all thanks to changes recently made to the RCMP's screening process, which requires those seeking criminal record checks to submit their fingerprints if their gender and date of birth matches that of a pardoned sex offender.
Unfortunately for Dale, his does.
The name check result does not specify anymore than there is a record present.
Not where nor when.
Waiting for fingerprints can take forever.
Some companies are starting to rely on court record searches similar to what is used in the USA.
Only time will tell if that is faster,
And waiting for fingerprint checks, well, we have a lot of time.