Ottawa Taxi trial full decision posted here
Ottawa negligent in not enforcing its own by-laws against Uber
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Democracy & Government
Plaintiff and CTA president Marc Andre Way spoke to media on May 13, 2024 after the court decided Ottawa was "negligent' in failing to enforce its own laws against Uber. Photo: Taxi News
Ottawa-Uber court decision press conference clips
The law in Canada is to be obeyed by everyone, including “Big Tech” firms and municipalities which write laws, said plaintiff Marc Andre Way. He spoke at a May 13th press conference held following Justice Marc Smith’s decision that Ottawa
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Plaintiff Marc Andre Way talks to media in Ottawa after learning of his success in the long-running Metro Taxi vs Ottawa lawsuit, regarding that city's failure to enforce its own laws on Uber and other rideshare companies. Photo: Taxi News
Ottawa negligent in Uber situation, court rules
May 13, 2024 — Today in Ottawa, Justice Marc Smith issued his decision in the case of Metro Taxi vs. City of Ottawa. Justice Smith found that the “The City’s response to Uber’s arrival was negligent, causing harm to the
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If you can’t quantify it, you must qualify it
No math was used in drawing conclusions on Foreign Interference “I can conclude with confidence that the Liberal Party would have been in government with or without foreign interference in 2019 and 2021.” –Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue, writing in the Initial
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Listen now: Donna Laframboise discusses her upcoming Freedom Convoy book
Marco Navarro-Génie, founding president of the Haultain Research Institute and host of the Thought Farming podcast, recently interviewed journalist Donna Laframboise on her upcoming book on Canada’s 2022 Freedom Convoy. Listen to this interview, “Bearing Witness for Liberty,” by clicking
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In the decade since rideshare has been legalized, drivers have realized how much money it costs to pay for fuel and vehicle maintenance. Many are protesting now in hopes of keeping more of their earnings. All of this information was available to governments in 2014, before the "wild wild west" was created in ground transportation. Photo: Earla Philips
Cars and computers are just two of the consumer products caught up in the "right to repair" debate. Photo: Taxi News
Ontario (might get the) Right to Repair
An overview of Bill 187 the Right to Repair Consumer Electronic Products, Household Appliances, Wheelchairs, Motor Vehicles and Farming Heavy Equipment Act, 2024 McMillan LLP – Lindsay Lorimer, Rachel Cooper, Stevie O’Brien, Timothy Cullen and Adelaide Egan The Ontario legislature has taken the first step to pass
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre surprised Carbon Tax protesters by dropping in on their campsite. Image: NPACT
Pierre Poilievre drops in on Carbon Tax Protest
“What are the chances… here we are having a quiet evening… and boom this guy shows up,” writes Tommy Everett. “There’s an outbreak of common sense across Canada,” Poilievre said in his impromptu remarks. “People have enough. Good luck, guys,
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Nationwide Protest(s) Against the Carbon Tax
A Facebook group formed to protest Canada’s carbon tax has reached almost 200,000 followers. The “Nationwide Protest Against the Carbon Tax” page has been formed to “for all concerned Canadians who want to stand against the high grocery prices and
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