Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Womens' Trucking Federation Canada CEO Shelley Walker at a 2023 announcement. Walker is also CEO of Know Human Trafficking, which is supported by the Trucking industry. Photo: RWN
Participants eligible for $1,000 for transportation and childcare support, $300 for equipment, $400 weekly allowance On June 27th, the Ontario government announced that it is investing $1.3 million to prepare 54 women, newcomers and others from underrepresented groups for in-demand
Read MoreChow 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
Read MoreJuly 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.
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To view Peterson's full video message to the Truckers' Freedom Convoy, scroll to the bottom of this post and click on the white arrow in the red box.
A disciplinary hearing for Canadian clinical psychologist Jordon Peterson will begin today. Because the hearing is not accessible to the public by video conference, Christine Van Geyn of the Canadian Constitution Foundation will be live-tweeting the proceedings as exhaustively as possible.
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Mayoralty candidate Olivia Chow and Abdul Mohamoud, CEO of Co-op Cabs, at a Taxi industry event on June 19, 2023. "When we all work together, we can fix the crack in the sky," Chow quoted an African proverb in her remarks.
Mayoral candidate Olive Chow was the guest speaker at an event organized by the West Etobicoke Multicultural Association and the Taxi industry on June 18. “I came to Canada. when I was 13. My father was a teacher, a school
Read MoreMohamoud told the room, “I’d like to tell you that we sent a letter to the top six candidate for mayor. And we asked them a simple questions: a request fair treatment, fair regulations, and if they win, are they willing to listen to us, to work with us? We only got one response: from Olivia,” he said.
Read MoreFamilies are invited to share food, music and political opinions at a community event sponsored by Toronto’s Taxi industry and the North Etobicoke Multicultural Association on June 18th. There is no admission charge to the dinner event, which will provide
Read MoreA devastating accident in Manitoba killed 15 people and injured 10 on June 15th. As detailed by RCMP in a press conference late in the day, a transport truck and a bus carrying senior citizens on a day trip collided
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