Doug Ford and Mark Carney keep telling Canadians "We are the Americans BIGGEST CUSTOMER for automobiles." Actually, the BIGGEST CUSTOMER for American automobiles is the Americans themselves. Canada represents a very small fraction of all sales. Image: Taxi News
Tariffs and trade wars will give Canadians lots of practice Update: This article was first published in 2020, when Canadians were figuring out how to cope with the financial pain of COVID-19. In honour of the needless 2026 trade “war”
Read MoreCanada’s temporary gas tax relief is political window dressing. If Ottawa wants to bring down gasoline and diesel prices, it needs to tackle GST, costly regulations, and the policies driving up energy costs. The Carney government has announced that it will be
Read MoreA Testimony from the Inside and the Outside Diagnosis: The Road I KnewI drove a taxi in Toronto for twenty-eight years. I entered the industry in 1988, before the smartphone, before the app, before the algorithm. I drove through the
Read MoreYou wake up at dawn for your purpose, not your boss Let me talk to you about discipline. It is the word that has been twisted by the coloniser. We have been taught that discipline is obedience — the child
Read More“Too much time ‘aligning’” Khosrowshahi explains If Uber was a money manager, it would be Bernie Madoff. If Uber was a doctor, it would be Dr. Kevorkian and if Uber was a nurse, it would be Elizabeth Wettlaufer. If Uber
Read MoreHealing is the release Let me talk to you about revenge. It is the voice that whispers when you are alone at night. Make them feel what you felt. Let them taste the wound they gave you. Do not let
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I felt physically ill when I saw the Ontario trillium logo on the door of a pot shop in my tiny town of Newcastle, Ontario, which actually has two giant stores to serve a population of 10,170 people. Image: Taxi News
Alcohol, marijuana, gambling, fake news waste time and brain cells This article was updated at 5pm Sept. 1st to include reference to Alzheimer’s/dementia Something about Canadian provinces boycotting American alcohol products got stuck in my brain last year and I
Read Moreby Mike Murchison There’s a phrase going around on social media which in my opinion is probably the finest meaningful phrase I’ve ever heard. In a time where self gratification seems to tower over empathy, kindness , faith ,Hope and
Read More“Say ‘no’ to net zero policies” Trade talks with the United States have stalled and a fresh round of tariffs is now in effect. But there is an opportunity here for Canada — specifically Canadian oil and gas. If Mark
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