Mr. David Pryce is employed as a special assistant with responsibilities for Ontario in the office of the Minister of Industry.
(a) All special assistants to ministers require “secret” security clearance.
(b) Staff who have a criminal record are treated in the same way as public servants to ensure that such cases are disposed of in a satisfactory, fair and objective manner which respects the rights of the individual. The existence of a criminal record need not be sufficient grounds to deny a security screening status. The procedures stipulated in the Treasury Board government security policy are followed. This means that the individual is offered an opportunity to explain the adverse information. The record is considered in light of such matters as the duties to be performed, the nature and frequency of the offence, the passage of time, the individual's attitude toward the offence, the extent to which the individual has changed behaviour and the likely recurrence of similar offences and their potential impact.
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