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"Balancing Employer Policies and Employee Rights: The Role of Legislation in Addressing Workplace Alcohol and Drug Testing Programs", 46:1 Alberta L Rev 141

A brief discussion of pre-employment drug testing. Discusses the law on when a drug dependency is required to be accommodated, the justification for drug testing, and the workplace health and safety plans to support testing. It discusses when pre-employment, pre-access, random drug testing and zero tolerance policies are discriminatory. It discusses the implications of medical cannabis and recreational use. Discusses a decision where the lack of cannabis testing that could determine impairment was found to be undue hardship.

"Conceptual Challenges in the Application of Discrimination Law in the Workplace" 3 Can J Hum Rts 75

The article discusses the conceptual challange that addiction and mental health pose in being not immutable, pose for establishing prima facia discrimination and how courts/adjudicators have dealt with it. The article addresses the test to determine indirect discrimination and the need to include indirect discrimination to achieve substantive equality. 

"All Aboard!: The Supreme Court of Canada Confirms that Canadians with Disabilities Have Substantive Equality Rights", 71 Sask L R 39

Official Note: "This paper was prepared for the 'Chains & Links: Human Rights Activism Conference" convened by the Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan. The conference was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 1-2, 2007."; Discussion and analysis of VIA Rail Canada Inc v Canadian Transportation Agency, 2007 SCC 15. 

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