The Internet inquiry, or open source inquiry, has been part of security screening since at least 2014, and it was part of it prior to that. It depends on the level at which the individual is being screened. It is not a default requirement for the lowest level of screening and reliability. Of the six levels of screening, it is required for four of those, and a department has the flexibility to go above and beyond and can certainly do so, as Mr. Bilodeau noted about Public Safety.
