AB: Calgary Transit and Southland Bus Drivers Won't Face Random Cannabis Testing

Sept. 10, 2018
Drivers for Calgary Transit and Southland Transportation won’t face increased testing for impairment when cannabis becomes legal next month.

Drivers for Calgary Transit and Southland Transportation won’t face increased testing for impairment when cannabis becomes legal next month.

While the federal government is set to legalize the drug for recreational use on Oct. 17, it will be business as usual for the city’s largest public transportation fleets, which both insist on drivers showing up to work clean and sober.

Matt Zablonski, the city’s project lead for the legalization of cannabis, said the city conducted an extensive review of its workplace policies over the past few months and determined there was no need to make any major alterations.

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