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Unreasonable random drug testing, even in dangerous jobs, rejected by Ontario court

Rita Smith

An Ontario judge has ruled that employees who do dangerous work, even firefighters, cannot be forced to take random drug tests without cause or consent. The decision came on August 17, 2022, through an appeal by firefighters at the Ottawa International Airport.

A standard of reasonableness must be applied to such testing, judges Swinton, Ramsay and Kurke wrote in their decision. They evidently did not feel the standard of reasonableness had been met in this case.

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DRVRhub certificates to be honoured for those who took longer to finish the online program

Rita Smith

Time should be the essence of a driver training program, the City of Toronto appears to have determined.

In deciding whether or not to honour the 3754 certificates printed and paid for by Vehicle for Hire (VFH) drivers who took the Toronto-approved DRVRhub on-line course, Licensing staff are informing registrants that this certificate will be honoured if they took longer than three hours to complete the program.

Slower test takers, who took longer than three hours to complete the program, will be eligible to be approved for a VFH license with the DRVRhub certificate.

Faster test takers, those who completed the program in less than three hours, cannot use their DRVRhub certificates as proof of training and will be required to take another approved course.

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A reckoning has to come on energy prices, says Dan McTeague

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I can’t help but think of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the vivid and illustrative scenes of pigs at the trough, all on the public purse, liars and hypocrites all, telling us how they know best while living off the avails of taxation.  

But this is the new better world of a “Just Transition” – and the elites are advocating for it all the way to the bank. 

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Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh has been working with Toronto to develop a plan for smooth ground transportation during FIFA 2026. Photo: Taxi News
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Will new Conflict of Interest rules impact the John Tory-Rogers-Uber dynamic?

Rita Smith

Behrouz Khamseh is nothing if not doggedly, admirably determined in his approach to the City of Toronto. Photo: YouTube This story was updated at 9am on August 4th with the information that Ontario’s Municipal Conflict of Interest Act was amended

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