Becoming Defence Ready: Contract Security Program and Controlled Goods

'Typical timelines' is carrying a lot of weight on this agenda, and Ottawa publishes the real numbers. A complex reliability screening runs 120 business days, and a secret clearance adds up to another 120 on top of that. Separately, 123 Defence's own eligibility questionnaire asks whether your leadership will commit a year of time and resources before you begin. Those are the same fact told twice.