Author: Rita Smith

The July 4th and 5th court proceedings in Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa have been postponed and will not take place this week as originally scheduled and announced.

“I am still involved with my civil jury trial,” Justice Michael Smith informed legal counsel for both sides in an email on Friday, June 30th.  

“As such, the oral submissions that were scheduled to proceed on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 4 and 5) will have to be rescheduled. I will ask the trial coordination office to reach out to you and reschedule the hearing. Thank you. M. Smith J.”

Chow has already acknowledged that the special treatment given to Uber was unfair, and that the ground transportation industry needs reform Olivia Chow is Toronto’s new mayor. Chow, a former City Councillor, widow of federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leader

July 4th and 5th have been reserved for oral submissions in the Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa trial. Observers expect that a decision from the judge on the liability issue will come in the late fall 2023 or winter of 2024. 

Following Judge Smith’s s decision on liability, there will the be evidence and argument over damages.
If the City of Ottawa is found liable, the judgement could be as much as $215,000,000, plus pre-and post-judgment interest, plus costs.

The questions and answers used as Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) testing program have been collected and posted to several sites on YouTube.

“All questions a real test questions, collected from those who took the test recently,” says to opening slide of Simplifoo’s YouTube page. “Hope this will definitely help you.”

Another site, run by Maple Leaf Tamil, has more than 10,000 views.

Because the VFH test is administered to drivers using their own cell phones to take the test, drivers could keep YouTube open during the test to check for the correct answer.