One alarmed Taxi Driver…
My husband and I were dressed, ready to go out for a lovely evening of dinner and the theatre. Having been burgled in the past, we turned on a ‘night light’ and the TV on, then put the cat in
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When all of Uber's various delivery fees are combined, it charges up to 70 per cent of the cost of a McDonald's meal for delivery alone. Image: Mr.whostheboss
Consumers now the target of Uber enshittification
Tech and Economics enthusiast Arun Maini revisits Cory Doctorow’s theory of “Enshittification” to explain why Uber has re-invented transportation categories like Taxi and Limo, and is squeezing both consumers and drivers for every possible dime. “Enshittification” is the term Doctorow
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Dan McTeague points out that internal combustion engines are more efficient and affordable than EVs. Image: YouTube
Carbon taxes haven’t made weather cooler: McTeague
EVs are 5 per cent of auto sales, at most Dan McTeague wishes Canadians a great summer in his latest video: “Looks like all those carbon taxes we’ve been paying haven’t done anything to stop warm weather in the summer,
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The results on election night would have been very different if Canadians had known the truth about Mark Carney, says Lindsay Prescott. Image: Instagram
Mark Carney finally comes clean…or does he?
We all got fooled by a flim-flam multimillionaire By Lindsay Prescott We now know that Prime Minister Carney isn’t at all like the rest of us. He owns millions of shares in at least 570 different companies in the oil,
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OTA opposes Thunder Bay designated Truck route bylaw
Diverts 1300 Trucks to 11/17 The Ontario Trucking Association says a new bylaw in Thunder Bay will have a negative impact on inter-provincial trade and pose additional road safety risks to the City of Thunder Bay and surrounding communities. On
Read MoreConstruction underway on Northlander’s Timmins-Porcupine Station
Ontario marking major milestone in plan to bring back the Northlander TIMMINS — The Ontario government has awarded a contract to build Timmins-Porcupine Station, marking a significant step in the province’s work to bring back Northlander passenger rail service between
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Rideshare can’t have its cake and eat it, too
Cap on number of cars still needed RE: Legalizing “active time” means no guarantee of minimum wage That ridesharing operators seek to be paid when not engaged runs totally counter to how the cab biz works. (Whether they like it
Read MoreToronto’s $63M electric ferry: “Drowning in dysfunction”
Two years to buy ferries with no way to charge them, diesel is the temporary solution This is literally the first bullet point in any electric vehicle manual: it needs to be fucking plugged in.” by Vince Gaetano Toronto is
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EV prices are going up, not down. Most Canadians can’t afford them now. They won’t suddenly become affordable in ten years. The majority of people will simply be priced out. Image: Tesla
EVs about control, not carbon
Mandates collapsing your ability to move freely by Tom Marazzo The federal government just locked in their 2035 ban on gas-powered vehicles. It sounds bold. Climate-driven. “Forward-thinking.” But it’s not. It’s a distraction. Like a magician using sleight of hand,
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