Toronto Council has added a third day to its sitting schedule July 21.
Council rose at 6pm on the evening of July 20th with dozens of agenda items still to be discussed; one of those items, GL32.29, concerns extending the allowable age of Accessible Taxi vans to ten years. Staff have recommended this extension be temporary, until 2025, mainly because the supply chain crisis has made new vehicles very difficult to obtain.
Read MoreTaxi News publisher Rita Smith’s Op Ed on the looming disaster in Toronto’s Accessible Taxi service has been published in the Toronto Star today, July 21st. On July 15, the Star ran a modified version of Taxi News’ editorial “Don’t
Read MoreToronto Councillors will consider a temporary extension of the allowable age for Accessible Vans to 10 years today.
Read MoreICC CEO Daniel Bernhard Photo: LinkedIn Following the release of “The Uber Files,” one Canadian group has announced it will not allow its staff to use Uber any longer. The Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) issued a statement on July
Read More“We understand that some clients, and especially clients who require Accessible services, have recently endured stressful experiences including service delays. These unfortunate incidents should not occur, ever, and we are very sorry when they do. Please be assured, these regrettable incidents are the opposite of every single thing we strive for everyday in our businesses.
We truly appreciate it when events like these are brought to our attention so that we can work to improve our systems.
Please recall that in 2015, 2016, and 2017, politicians chose to support businesses that make a mockery of the law and of customer service. Rideshare companies were rewarded for their law-breaking by being allowed to skim enormous amounts of the easiest money from the transportation market while providing ZERO accessible services.
Read More“Our next regularly scheduled session is on July 19th, and priority seating will be given to participants who have already obtained a DRVRhub certificate, but now cannot use it until Toronto makes a decision on whether those certificates will be honoured. No one knows how long that decision will take; and in the meantime, we know these drivers need to be working.”
According to City staff, 3602 Vehicle for Hire Completion Certificates were issued by DRVRhub in the 3 weeks it was operational; Toronto has not yet determined whether or not those Completion Certificates will be accepted in its VFH training program.
Read MorePhoto: Mike Murchison Given that he might qualify as the most famous truck driver of all time (Elvis Aaron Presley was driving a truck for a living before he made it big in music), readers are asking why Road Warrior
Read MoreShe’s knows. pic.twitter.com/77Q47vwIiq — Chicken Gate (@ChickenGate) June 29, 2022
Read MoreCanadian soldier and reservist James Topp arrived in Ottawa today around 6pm, where he was met by a crowd of cheering supporters.
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