1. In 2005, Martha was charged with and pleaded guilty to shoplifting. She received a conditional discharge, and according to the law in that province (Quebec), she automatically received a pardon after the passage of a certain period of time. Four years later, Martha applied to be a police officer in Montreal, but her application was rejected because of her past charge on the ground that she did not meet the Montreal police service's strict hiring standards, which required that candidates must be of "good moral character." Martha filed a human rights application alleging her rights had been violated. The police responded that the misconduct itself, not the charge, brought her moral character into question. Assuming that this fact situation had taken place in Ontario:
2. What is the alleged ground of discrimination?

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