{"id":41699,"date":"2015-02-10T23:33:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41699"},"modified":"2015-02-10T23:33:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:33:02","slug":"calgary-councillors-approve-policy-to-ban-them-from-drinking-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/10\/calgary-councillors-approve-policy-to-ban-them-from-drinking-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary councillors approve policy to ban them from drinking at work"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10712\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/beer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10712\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/beer.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/beer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/beer-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CALGARY &#8212; City councillors in Calgary have approved a policy that prohibits them from drinking alcohol at work.<\/p>\n<p>The new rule comes after Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he received complaints of council members being drunk and using illicit substances.<\/p>\n<p>The rules will mirror what city staff have to follow.<\/p>\n<p>An exception was made if councillors are hosting community functions.<\/p>\n<p>Nenshi alleged some councillors have served and consumed booze in their offices over the years and on occasion, drank too much at public events.<\/p>\n<p>Councillors also paved the way to hiring an integrity commissioner that would deal with complaints made about council members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY &#8212; City councillors in Calgary have approved a policy that prohibits them from drinking alcohol at work. The new &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-politics","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}