18.1. The Minister may refuse to issue a permit where(1) the health, safety or well-being of the children to whom the applicant proposes to provide childcare in a childcare centre, a day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre would be endangered;
(2) the applicant or an officer of the applicant has been convicted of an indictable offence or of an offence punishable on summary conviction(a) under Part V of the Criminal Code (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-46), except sections 175(1) (a) and (c) and 176 to 178,
(b) under Part VIII of the Criminal Code, except sections 216, 217, 247 to 263, 264.1(1) (b) and (c) and 287 to 320,
(c) under section 210, 212, 213, 343, 346, 362, 366, 368, 380, 397, 398, 423, 430, or any of sections 433 to 436.1 or 463 to 465 of the Criminal Code,
(d) under section 39 or 48 of the Food and Drugs Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-27),
(e) under section 4, 5 or 6 of the Narcotic Control Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-1), or
(f) under section 50 of the Young Offenders Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter Y-1),which is connected with the aptitudes and conduct required to operate under the permit applied for, unless the applicant or officer has been pardoned;
(3) the applicant or an officer of the applicant has been convicted of an offence under section 135 of the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1), unless the applicant or officer has been pardoned;
(4) the applicant or an officer of the applicant has been convicted, in the two years preceding the application, of an offence under section 3 or 4, unless the applicant or officer has been pardoned;
(5) the applicant or an officer of the applicant held a permit that was revoked or not renewed under paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of section 19 in the three years preceding the application;
(6) the applicant made a statement containing false or misleading information or distorted a material fact when applying for the permit.