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...
Jul 2, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
According to a ruling made by an Alberta court earlier in June, the construction materials company Lafarge Canada was justified in firing an employee who got into a minor vehicle accident at a worksite and subsequently tested positive for THC. The incident occurred...
Jun 11, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
Earlier in May, the New Brunswick provincial government announced its introduction of amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act with the goal of “strengthening the administrative penalties” for impaired driving and implementing a program to suspend a driver’s licence on the...
Apr 24, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law
A recent article published by BBC News and authored by Nadine Yousif examined the scrutiny faced by British Columbia’s drug decriminalization pilot. In 2016, B.C. declared a public health emergency over opioid-related illicit overdose deaths. Subsequently, in 2023,...
Feb 7, 2023 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law, Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to new data released by Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), there were 414 impaired driving offences in the province in December, including 240 Criminal Code of Canada charges and 174 sanctions such as license suspensions. While the number of criminal...
