A Simcoe, Ont., woman failed her security clearance to work in the cannabis sector because of someone she had as a Facebook friend. Danielle Capin, 39, applied for a security clearance to allow her to work with a legal cannabis producer. Under the Cannabis Act, certain jobs in the cannabis sector require passing a background check to weed out criminal infiltration. Her background security check report red-flagged that she and her husband were both Facebook friends with a man police allege is a gangster. Capin appealed the denial of her security clearance to the Federal Court. The decision to refuse her a security clearance was declared unreasonable and was sent back to Health Canada for a redetermination.
