Kirk and Trevor discuss cannabis-related workplace issues with the world’s largest advocacy group for small businesses. After one year of legalization, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) surveyed their 110,000 members discovering 10,000 Canadian small business owners have confronted cannabis-related issues. As the discussion digs deep into the survey numbers we learn much of the hype promoted before legalization did not materialize yet, small business owners are still dealing with employees smelling of cannabis, poor government-offered educational opportunities, and defining impairment. Ryan Mallough, the director of Provincial Affairs for Ontario, explains how CFIB normally lobbies government for better taxes, laws, regulations, and how his organization has become the primary source of cannabis education for many of their members.

Music by:

Dauphin Community Jazz Band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZDmT2VbQns

(Yes we got a SOCAN membership to use this song all legal and proper like)

Additional Music:

Desiree Dorion

www.desireedorion.com/

Marc Clement

http://marcclementmusic.com/

Links:

CFIB Cannabis Info - https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/cannabis

CFIB Cannabis Survey - https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/media/employers-still-face-cannabis-related-challenges-year-after-legalization