“The ability to replay the e-transcript after the session allows it to be used as a highly effective tool for discussion afterward – this also opens the door to mentorship, getting highest value your most experienced drivers, and can provide a real sense of worth to retirees. Being able to assess the skillset of driver is imperative when it comes to who is asking the question.”
Read MoreSamantha Clarke, Commercial Driver Solutions Manager for Knowledge Surge/DriveWise, encourages the entire Trucking industry to support programs to end human trafficking. Photo: RWN “We are the ones who see the girls at the truck stops; they knock on our windows
Read MoreChecker Transportation Group president Kurt Enders with long-time Checker driver Ehsan Ahadi. Enders says drivers are happy about having choices between working downtown, working the airport, or both. Photo: Checker Cabs Calgary’s Checker Cabs can now wait at the curb
Read MoreUber was effectively able to prevent Ottawa enforcement staff from identifying and charging them, Ottawa Taxi court heard yesterday.
City of Ottawa By-law enforcement staff testified on February 13th that Uber apparently had the technology required to identify the smart phone and/or credit card number of enforcement staff requesting rides through the app.
Read MoreAs predicted in summer 2022, entrepreneurs have found a way to make money selling the answers to various Vehicle for Hire online training programs.
Posted February 13 to Facebook’s Marketplace, one ad reads:
“Uber/Lyft Vehicle Inspection Safety’s for $35. No need to come in, everything is done online. Pay AFTER Receiving Safety! PTC Toronto Training is $85 through Drvrhub, no need to do the training, pay AFTER receiving Toronto Training PTC! Save over $125 with PTC and save over $50 for safety and save hours and hours of your time! Receive everything the same day! If interested please feel free to msg me here or text me.”
Read More5.5 x 4.25-inch card. The white lettering top right reads: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY Photo: Donna Laframboise ‘The most surreal experience any of us had surely lived’ by Donna Laframboise Click here to read
Read MoreFEBRUARY 10, 2023 – OTTAWA – Regulators at the City of Ottawa acted irresponsibly when they rushed through ride-sharing approvals without a plan to mitigate the impacts on the city’s taxi fleet, says Unifor.
“By capitulating to the demands of multinational tech giants, the local government set up a race to the bottom in the taxi industry and, in many cases, stripped workers of their retirement security,” said Lana Payne, Unifor National President. “The resulting two-tiered system was devastating for hundreds of families relying on incomes from taxi services.”
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Former Toronto Mayor John Tory personally introduced the motion to re-write - and virtually eliminate - passenger safety regulations. Photo: BlogTO
Toronto Mayor John Tory could not find time to get his hair cut during the COVID lockdown, but apparently found time to engage in “developing a relationship” with a staffperson. Photo: BlogTO #BREAKING: John Tory resigns as Mayor of #Toronto,
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Susan Jones in media scrum regarding Uber's arrival in Ottawa in 2014. She told them to apply for a Taxi brokerage license. Photo: YouTube
Former Ottawa Deputy City Manager Susan Jones speaks in as scrum on September 16, 2015. Image: YouTube Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson personally requested staff “expedite” a review of the city’s Taxi by-law before it was updated in 2016. On February
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