A.I. doesn’t notice when common sense goes missing Update December 8, 2024: Some of the A.I. departure from reality may be caused by “A.I. hallucinations.” More reasons for users beware. Ontario policymakers may have been cautious about giving rideshare services
Read MoreUpdate November 28, 2024: This column originally ran on July 12, 2024 and is being re-posted in advance of the December 3rd release of Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire report. ***** There are lots of people with lots of thoughts, opinions,
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"The newly named North Star Way laneway commemorates the journeys of the estimated 100,000 people who escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. As slaves travelled north under the cover of night, they used the North Star to guide their way," Councillor Christopher Moise reported in a recent newsletter. Photo: https://www.chrismoise.ca/
City collected $15,000,000 from Uber drivers while it renamed streets Debt bondage/bonded labour. The world’s most widespread form of slavery. People trapped in poverty borrow money and are forced to work to pay off the debt, losing control over both their
Read MoreAttempt at a plain-language clarification of differences On September 24, 2024, Taxi News wrote Economical Insurance, which insures Uber in Ontario. The information request was in an attempt to obtain plain-language clarification of the differences between the commercial insurance policy
Read MoreStaff report expected in early December Gladki Planning Associates bid $30,442.20 including Harmonized Sales Tax to conduct consultations to inform Toronto’s report on the Vehicle for Hire (VFH) industry. City staff are expected to report to Executive Committee and then
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The cenotaph located in front of the former East York Civic Centre at 850 Coxwell has long been revered as a quiet place to visit and give thanks for the men and women who dedicate their lives to protection. Photo: Taxi News
“Since the earliest Crusade men and women have suffered in the throes of war not for personal gain or glory but for the preservation of an ideal that righteous freedom might be realized as a reward to all mankind. Thus
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Gardiner Expressway repairs are four months ahead of schedule, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria told a press conference on November 6th in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Christine Hogarth hosted the conference. Photo: Ontario/YouTube
“We will never look at anything to do with congestion pricing” Ontario will not consider congestion pricing for downtowns, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria told media and guests at a press conference on November 7, 2024. At a event focused on
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Now it's time to fight for the Truth - by ending the Political Information Complex. Photo: Taxi News
Trump, Musk, Kennedy could end the “Political Information Complex” Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election November 5th is going to change lives in many ways. Most significantly, the world’s view of media – especially large, corporate mainstream media
Read MoreAmerican automotive business owner inspires optimism I spent the last five days in the United States and arrived back in Canada on the eve of Election Day. I made it a point to have “election/economic conversations” with as many Americans
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