Toronto’s Executive Committee voted on July 6th to begin the process of re-naming Dundas Street, and Toronto’s Taxi industry will manage the change, says Abdul Mohamoud of Co-op Cabs.
“I have no problem with the name change, and it should be done,” says Mohamoud, CEO of Co-op Taxi in Toronto.
“We could rename it ‘Freedom Street.’”
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The Ontario government is introducing a vision waiver program for commercial drivers who have reduced vision.
A new regulation under the Highway Traffic Act will allow for the implementation of a commercial vision waiver program which would establish an individualized assessment program for Class A, C, D and F drivers. This program will allow commercial drivers with reduced vision to demonstrate their ability to compensate for their vision loss and if successful, maintain their mobility and livelihood. The new regulation is expected to come into effect in early July, 2021.
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However, as of July 1st 2021, Uber Canada will be located in Canada. Up until now, its head offices have been located in the Netherlands, a situation which has allowed it to avoid paying many of the same taxes competing Canadian business are required by law to pay. Uber’s “Double Dutch” tax avoidance strategy has been well investigated in other articles which are well worth reading.
Less well investigated is what we might call Uber’s “Lawsuit Avoidance Strategy,” which up until now could be summarized as: “Hide in the Netherlands and make anyone who wants to sue you, for any reason large or small, fly to Europe and find you in order to get their day at the Hague.”
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“In the middle of COVID, in the middle of winter, Calgary was almost empty,” says award-winning artist Lanre Ajayi, “but any time I went out, I saw Taxis. Taxis everywhere – sometimes, the only vehicles on the road.
“People were thanking doctors, nurses, essential workers and I thought, ‘Who is thanking the Taxi drivers?’”
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As a result of losing its case before the Supreme Court of Canada in March of 2021, Uber Canada has decided to move its Canadian head office to Canada from the Netherlands, where it has been located for years as part of a complicated web of entities and transactions which have allowed it to avoid taxes and lawsuits.
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How much does Uber want to eliminate its drivers?
Even UberEats, the only division of Uber that’s ever gotten close to making a profit, is testing out delivery robots: Geoffrey the Delivery Robot has apparently been launched and was spotted on the streets of Toronto on June 22nd.
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In retrospect, and according to paralegal John Papadakis, there should have been a third option for which to vote:
#3 – both drivers were at fault
“Both drivers were at fault, both should have been charged,” Papadakis said, after viewing the video. “Of course, you never know how things will go at court until you get to court, but based upon the video clip, I would say both drivers made significant errors and should have been charged.”
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“Finally someone admits it. All those years we were told that the low costs of Uber, Airbnb, etc. were the result of technological magic driven by their special talents for innovation; that these silicon valley companies all had lightning in a bottle. Now we can all see the emperor never had any clothes, that it wasn’t magic. It was just wildly wasteful and inefficient cash burn. The only real “disruption” these companies managed to effect was the evasion of labor laws, anti-monopoly laws, and consumer protection.”
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Dealing with members of the public who are belligerent or hostile can be an upsetting occurrence. Even if you are not in physical danger, it can be emotionally draining and demoralizing. In some cases, these individuals can become aggressive or physically dangerous. It is always better to manage a situation with words and language when you have the opportunity to do so.
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