What’s the rush? Why share only Taxi info, not rideshare? As part of a lengthy conversation and interview with Taxi News regarding changes being made to the Greater Toronto Airport Authority’s changes to driver permitting conditions, the GTAA asked for
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"We are all hoping to serve the same pie of customers, but the pie is not getting any bigger," an airport driver told Taxi News. Image: Taxi News
Does the wheel really need to be re-invented, again? And again? UPDATE FEBRUARY 15/TAXI NEWS CORRECTION: “Alternative taxicab” in Schedule “B” Fees does not refer to rideshare vehicles; it refers to fully Electric Vehicles. Information on the conditions being offered
Read MoreThe cost of creating of new business category Uber paid $16 million to do business in Toronto in 2023. This money is paid through a 33-cent-per ride trip fee. This fact makes me think back to that raucous period of
Read MoreMaybe Carlson and Putin could negotiate an airport agreement Update: On February 12th, the Greater Toronto Airport Authority has forwarded a response and request for corrections to the section of this this column which is comprised of quotes from the
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CTA President Marc Andre Way provides very clear information in a Public Service Announcement shared with police and the public after reports of fake "Taxi drivers" scamming riders and stealing their credit card information. Photo: YouTube
Toronto scam involves man claiming his Taxi driver won’t accept cash “ALL Taxi drivers take cash,” says Marc Andre Way, President of the Canadian Taxi Association. “There are NO Taxi drivers that do not take cash.” In response to recent
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Image of Taxis circling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, supporting Farmers who are protesting government. Photo: Peter Sweden/Twitter
Swedish journalist Peter Imanuelsen continues to report on workers’ protests in Europe. In addition to the German Truckers who launched the protest (inspired by Canada’s Freedom Convoy in 2022), French Farmers and Truckers in several other nations have also taken
Read More“China has been asserting influence in Canada since at least the 1980s” The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions (PIFI) has released its witness list for the public hearings that begin on today in
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Despite Uber's announcement of a deal with the union selected by Uber in 2022, Toronto drivers protested on February 14th. Image: RDAO
UFCW called a “yellow union” selected by Uber, not drivers “It’s all bullshit,” says Uber driver Earla Phillips of Uber’s January 26 announcement of an “agreement” with the organization United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in Canada. Phillips, an organizer
Read MoreMinister congratulates accused in government press release Joedy Wall was outraged to hear media reports that Service NL had licensed a ride sharing service owned by an accused sexual offender. Newfoundland’s Liberal government beat a hasty retreat on its January
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