Surplus Chinese Electric Vehicles in an "EV graveyard." Photo: ACS Former Liberal MP Dan McTeague calls on Mark Carney and all other leadership candidates to kill Trudeau’s electric car mandate President of Canadians for Affordable Energy (CAE) and former Liberal MP Dan McTeague says, “It’s good that the Trudeau government
Read MoreTo discuss “reversing the rapidly deteriorating state of road safety” Update 1:30pm January 17, 2024: The list of organizations named as attending this meeting should have included the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario and the Women’s Trucking Federation of
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Canada’s vehicle manufacturers
and auto dealers formally called for the end of the federal electric vehicle sales mandates
brought in by the government in 2023, potentially making charging stations like this Ivy unit obsolete before they see much use. The call to end the mandates comes in the wake of the
federal government ending electric vehicle incentives under the federal iZEV program
yesterday, and a failure to build adequate public charging infrastructure in Canada. Photo: Taxi News “Federal government’s mandated ZEV sales targets are increasingly unrealistic and must end“ On January 14th on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada’s vehicle manufacturers and auto dealers formally called for the end of the federal electric vehicle sales mandates brought in
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Image: FTC Handy will pay $2.95M, make changes to its business practices The Federal Trade Commission, along with the New York Attorney General, are taking action against gig economy company Handy Technologies for making a broad array of deceptive claims about how much money
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Bikers’ Church sits atop a T-intersection. Note the two adults at street level, bottom right corner. This building is colossal. Photo by Donna Lafromboise, July 2023 Ottawa’s Bikers’ Church opened its doors when so many remained closed by Donna Laframboise On the outside, Capital City Bikers’ Church is hulking, uninviting, intimidating. Towering brick walls, and lots of stairs to climb before reaching the main entrance. Built
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Toronto City Hall Photo: toronto.ca The Accessible Fund whereby one segment of the industry is MADE to pay for another is just insane By Andy Réti For over 30 years, I was making deputations at City Hall in the mistaken belief that just “this time
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FTC discusses junk fees, tricking customers, deceiving drivers Junk fees, tricking customers, deceiving drivers, and damaging the reputation and revenues of partners in order to drive scale and accelerate growth are just some of the aspects of “predatory pricing,” as
Read More Image: FTC Harms to diners, workers, and small businesses Company to pay $25 million, end junk fees and back up earnings claims to resolve charges of consumer protection and competition law violations Grubhub will pay $25 million to settle charges from the Federal Trade
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