Sep 22, 2026 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
A recent article published by HR Law Canada examined a British Columbia privacy decision involving a random drug dog search at an LNG construction site. A British Columbia adjudicator upheld a worker’s privacy complaint following a random drug dog search at an...
Sep 18, 2026 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
In August, two Air Canada ground operations employees were arrested over an alleged cocaine and cannabis trafficking operation at Montréal-Trudeau Airport, raising concerns about the misuse of restricted-area workplace credentials. The RCMP searched two homes, a...
Feb 26, 2026 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
Earlier in February, an arbitrator ordered the reinstatement of Joseph Sutton, a heavy machine operator fired from a safety-sensitive Toronto plant for allegedly using cannabis at lunch and acting insolently toward a manager. The worker’s union, United Steelworkers...
Oct 14, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
Earlier this summer, the Alberta Labour Relations Board rejected the bid of ATCO Electric Ltd to review a previous ruling that had awarded damages to one of its workers. The employee who received the award had joined ATCO Electric in August 2017. According to the...
Feb 6, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law, Opioid crisis
A recent Supreme Court challenge to the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, R. v. Wilson is challenging the protections offered under the law, which was enacted in 2017 as part of the federal government’s approach to address illicit substance use. Currently, the...
Dec 3, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
Earlier in September, an arbitrator overturned the suspension of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railway locomotive engineer, as well as the company’s order for the employee to undergo six months of random drug testing. According to the ruling, the employee was...
