How Canada can ensure workplaces remain safe before marijuana becomes legal

By introducing regulatory tools to allow those in safety-sensitive industries to enforce zero-tolerance policies, the government would demonstrate a proactive approach to ensuring workplaces in Canada remain safe.

The government should introduce regulatory tools to allow for random drug testing to keep workplaces safe, writes the Railway Association of Canada's acting president, Gérald Gauthier. Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY GéRALD GAUTHIER

May 31, 2018

Senators will vote next week on Bill C-45, the government’s proposed cannabis law. If the bill receives royal assent, recreational marijuana use will be legalized by this summer. When the government introduced Bill C-45 and Bill...

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