Saturday, July 27, 2024

Democracy & Government

Today, Toronto's Accessible Advisory Committee will receive a presentation based on the premise the Accessible on Demand program can be revived. "It would need to be RESURRECTED, from the DEAD!" an outraged operator said this weekend. Image: City of Toronto
Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/ColumnTaxi industry news

Accessible Taxi on Demand: “It’s over”

Rita Smith

Toronto maintains delusions, illusions over program it killed with Uber Here are the stats (May 2024): 578 accessible plates172 not in use (no vehicle)47 to be replaced <1 yr301 to be replaced <2 yrs That leaves 58 wheelchair accessible vehicles

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All of these brave men got together on May 28th to announce they are improving their internal combustion engines. There was not a Net-Zero politician to be seen. Subaru: Atsushi Osaki, Representative Director, President and CEO; Tetsuo Fujinuki, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CTO; Toyota: Koji Sato, President, Member of the Board of Directors and CEO; Hiroki Nakajima, Executive Vice President and CTO; Mazda: Masahiro Moro, Representative Director, President and CEO; Ichiro Hirose, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CTO Photo: Toyota
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Failure to charge

Guest Contributor

A critical look at Canada’s EV policy by Dan McTeague For years now I’ve been saying that electric vehicles, and EV mandates, are bad for Canada. Back in 2020, when the then-CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, voiced his concerns that

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All of these brave men got together on May 28th to announce they are improving their internal combustion engines. There was not a Net-Zero politician to be seen. Subaru: Atsushi Osaki, Representative Director, President and CEO; Tetsuo Fujinuki, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CTO; Toyota: Koji Sato, President, Member of the Board of Directors and CEO; Hiroki Nakajima, Executive Vice President and CTO; Mazda: Masahiro Moro, Representative Director, President and CEO; Ichiro Hirose, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and CTO Photo: Toyota
Canada 2.0Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/Column

TWO breaths of fresh air in one weekend!

Rita Smith

Medical doctor, auto builders offer truth on COVID, combustion engines Before virtually all mainstream news was obvious propaganda, back when politicians used to spin but not blatantly lie, in the days when you could breathe air without being gaslit, brave

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Joseph Rucci of Conway Litigation presented the firm's overview on the recent Ottawa lawsuit at the May 30 CTA Zoom webinar. Image: CTA
Canada 2.0Democracy & GovernmentNewsRide Hailing newsTaxi industry news

Conway and legal team on CTA Zoom

Rita Smith

“Uber was a bandit Taxi company” and “Ottawa was negligent” groundbreaking statements Tom Conway made two key points in his opening remarks on the May 30 CTA Zoom webinar. He and his legal team took two hours to explain the

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Rita Smith has contacted the McDonald-Laurier Institute in order to sign the Ottawa Declaration on Journalism on behalf of Taxi News and Road Warrior News. Image: MLI
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The Ottawa Declaration on Canadian Journalism

Rita Smith

Taxi News, Road Warrior News will never accept government subsidies On May 30, 2024, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) unveiled The Ottawa Declaration, a public call by some of Canada’s leading independent news and current affairs outlets for the media industry

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