Now retired, Susan Jones held numerous post in Ottawa’s City government including Acting Deputy City Manager and General Manager, Emergency and Protective Services. Her knowledge of Ottawa’s Taxi by-laws and enforcement measures are encyclopedic. Photo: YouTube ****** A meeting held
Read MoreConway Litigation senior counsel Thomas Conway, representating the plaintiffs in Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa, is cross-examining retired Ottawa senior official Susan Jones this morning. Jones served in a variety of senior positions in Nepean (before amalgamation) and Ottawa
Read MoreOne year ago in Ottawa, Convoy supporters were schlepping fuel for Truckers. Click the white arrow to view the video. Video: Donna Laframboise I was the only journalist to observe this brilliant publicity stunt firsthand by Donna Laframboise Tuesday afternoon,
Read MoreImage: Wikimedia Commons Move your eyes just slightly to the right, top of the sidebar, for the black, oval button labelled “Click here for Ottawa Taxi trial Zoom livestream link.” Click on the black oval button to be connected directly
Read More9:30 am February 7 update: Justice Smith delivered his decision regarding the concepts of “solicitor/client privilege” and the fact that Ottawa’s legal counsel Stuart Huxley’s testimony in describing directions he was provided as “hearsay evidence” if he was discussing direction
Read MoreUber acted as a “global lobbying machine,” writes the ICIJ in The Uber Files. Image: ICIJ In surprising testimony on February 6th, Ottawa Program Manager Christine Hartig indicated that City staff could not charge Uber for violating the law because
Read MoreImage: City of Ottawa City of Ottawa manager Christine Hartig said its “Equity and Inclusion Lens” handbook and the policies it contains were “not germaine” to the 2015 report written by KPMG. Hartig is testifying for the second day on
Read MorePlaintiff’s lawyer Tim Conway suggested that the final report Brian Bourns and his KPMG team delivered to Ottawa in 2015 left out key findings presented in earlier studies.
“For example, the life savings of investment of plate owners, incremental values that had accrued, and the ethnic background of drivers were not mentioned in the conclusion to this report,” Conway proposed to Bourns. “Did you ever use Ottawa’s ‘Equity Lens’?”
“Not that I’m aware of,” Bourns replied.
Read MoreUber Canada’s head office in Toronto, Ontario. Photo: Taxi News Plaintiffs’ lawyer Thomas Conway and KPMG Senior Partner Brian Bourns engaged in a tense debate on what constitutes “improved customer service” at the Ottawa Taxi trial February 1st. Conway questioned
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