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    EXCLUSIVE: Airport employees with alleged links to organized crime, drug trafficking and violence received security clearance, investigation reveals
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    EXCLUSIVE: Airport employees with alleged links to organized crime, drug trafficking and violence received security clearance, investigation reveals


    EXCLUSIVE: Airport employees with alleged links to organized crime, drug trafficking and violence received security clearance, investigation reveals

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/exclusive-airport-employees-with-alleged-links-to-organized-crime-drug-trafficking-and-violence-received-security-clearance-investigation-reveals/

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    2. etoyoc_yrgnuh on

      Like how useless is our govt control system for pretty much everything?

    4. c0ntra on

      “When asked directly whether Transport Canada sometimes allowed airport workers with organized crime connections to keep security clearance, Botelho answered bluntly.

      “It happens,” he said.”

      Wonderful. Good to know they’re diligently looking out for the safety of our country. 🙄

    6. SDL68 on

      Organized crime has been involved in our port of entries for decades already. This isn’t new.

    8. Small_Collection_249 on

      Well that is very surprising. Bob was in the mafia, but I’m sure he’s good at loading and unloading bags. Nothing to worry about

    9. Tdot-77 on

      A victim of this scam (like those listed in a previous article) needs to sue Transport Canada and then things will change.

    10. HudechGaming on

      So Transport Canada is the problem it seems, who from these organizations infiltrated TC to allow this? I can’t fathom how this would be happening otherwise. Sheer negligence? No, it’s gotta be more than that. I hope there’s a reckoning and a purge of these individuals, including the management that let it happen.

    11. BobbyBoogarBreath on

      The amount of hoops I need to jump through in order to work as a government employee in an airport that uses the same security clearance system are prohibitive. Meanwhile..

    13. Cheeky_Banana800 on

      Did these employees become a part of the organized crime after getting their security clearance and the job? Or were they a part already and the background check missed it?

    14. rouzGWENT on

      > Before his 2018 conviction, McLean had twice been charged with drug offences. He had also been caught attempting to pass through Pearson security carrying an empty ammunition magazine.

      > Despite all of that, he retained both his job and his airport security clearance.

      ??????????????

    15. junctiontoron on

      I mean that means there is hope that Poilievre can get his clearance then right :)?

    19. templeofdelphi on

      The Premier of Ontario was a prolific drug dealer with ties to organized crime and no one cared

    22. WiseDebt7345 on

      I am hipeful that security will probably improve after Carney auctions off our airports to private companies.

    23. Darnbeasties on

      As a condition of employment, all workers at ports and airports should have mandatory background checks

    24. The_Frostweaver on

      You have to remember airport security is provided by a private company in Canada.

      There is one over-worked manager in charge of hiring for an entire airport.

      They do fingerprint everyone who gets hired but if you aren’t flagged by the system or the couple phone calls they made to whomever you put on your resume you are good to go.