[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by 8sPOT

Those policies make sense for an illegal substance, but when pot is legal there's no way the current testing method can work. It would be the equivalent of testing for alcohol and if you had a drink in the last 6 days you'd fail. No way they'll do that.

I wouldn't doubt if these companies already have a plan in place come July 2018.

Yes, their plan is to fight it tooth and nail, and continue drug testing.

The industry is raising the issue, Salkeld said, because it is concerned the government’s task force has so far not even considered the workplace safety aspect of legalization.

“The companies will do as they’ve got to do, but if they don’t have some kind of support or backup or legislation or laws to fall back on, then they’re left to enforce this all on their own,” he said. “And that’s not fair.”

In its letter, Enform cites a 2003 study that found male marijuana users had a 28 per cent higher rate of hospitalization due to injuries than non-users and female users had a 37 per cent higher rate of hospitalization due to injuries.

http://calgaryherald.com/business/lo...-safety-hazard

...On-the-job drug testing is considered an invasion of privacy and potentially discriminatory in many Canadian workplaces, though the courts have given employers some leeway on job sites where safety — and sobriety — are critical, including the oilpatch.

Still, current drug testing technology cannot detect whether someone is impaired by marijuana. Unlike the breathalyzer test for alcohol, oral swabs and urine screens can only indicate whether someone has recently smoked or ingested pot, not whether they are high.

Until drug testing can detect intoxication with legal limits, Enform believes governments must allow employers to impose a zero-tolerance policy in workplaces where safety is paramount.

http://calgaryherald.com/business/en...erous-jobsites

And it looks like they'll have the support of the public.

Workplace Drug Tests OK With Canadians If Weed Legalized: Poll

More than three in five Canadians say companies should be allowed to administer random drug tests to employees when marijuana is legalized, a new poll finds.

The poll from Insights West found 62 per cent of respondents would support drug-testing policies. That number rises to 70 per cent among those aged 55 and over, and 71 per cent among those who voted Conservative in the last election.