According to the most recent statistics from the Canadian
Cannabis Survey (CCS), 5% of people surveyed who used cannabis in
2018/2019 reported consuming it at least once a week during work or
in the morning before, while 12% said they did so at least once a
month.
This information, and more like it, can help employers
understand social trends regarding cannabis when meeting their duty
to accommodate, which applies to both medical and dependant users.
Tribunals and courts also provide valuable insight into the
obligations of both employers and employees regarding the duty, as
seen in three recent decisions.
This article highlights key data from the CCS and the reasoning
behind the three decisions, which include allowing a professional
to continue consuming and working because of a diagnosed
dependency, placing limits on what is an acceptable prescription,
and determining what constitutes uncooperative behaviour by an
employee failing to disclose his consumption at
