Fed’s Security Clearance Rejection Rate Is Less Than 0.01%: Records

A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building in Ottawa, in a file photo. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

Tens of thousands of public servants and contractors file paperwork every year requesting security clearance to gain access to classified information but only a tiny fraction are ever rejected, according to records.

The Epoch Times analyzed figures from federal entities reported in an Inquiry of Ministry on May 15.