Train of Thought
Alberta trucker Mike Murchison meets a lot of freight trains while out on the road. Here are some of his most memorable images.
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Opinion/Column
Ontario’s very quiet labour consultation during the Dog Days of Summer – with July 31 deadline
The province’s eventual goals are to “propose labour and employment law reforms” and to “advance our world-class employment and training programs.” Without saying it in so many words, the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee appears to have been created to address the idea that workers in the gig economy should expect a different level of protection under the province’s labour laws than has been traditional.
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Maybe Uber will be able to accomplish in Trucking what it’s failed to do in Taxi: turn a profit while drivers earn a fair living
Reading coverage of the Transplace purchase and other recent Uber-themed articles in logistics media, you could almost get the impression that Uber is a profitable, efficient company generously looking to share its success with outdated trucking and logistics industries that have somehow struggled along without its help for a century.
In fact, none of the cold, hard data supports this idea.
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Mike Murchison releases new video,”Scars”
on has released a new video through his record company, LMS Records. Road Warrior News is very proud to have Mike as a regular contributor!
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Duffy’s Domain: hello, and…good-bye?
It is time to pass the torch. I have sold Taxi News and all rights to use the name to Rita Smith. Many of you in the taxi business already know of and her: for seven years in the 1990s, Rita was the Editor of Taxi News before she was recruited to other projects to which she could devote her considerable talents, including multiple positions in our provincial and federal governments.
Read MoreSubjective math, subjective chemistry….why not? Well, actually, there could be some valid reasons why not
Ontario’s proposed new “subjective math curriculum:” just wait until they start to apply this in the chemistry labs.
It reminds me of my lab partner at Mohawk College. This guy struggled every step of the way due to the white supremacist chemistry course we were being brainwashed with.
Read MoreTurning busy roads into bike paths: why?
Toronto City Hall had put considerable resources, it seems, to close the 2-km stretch from Rosedale Valley Road down to Front St. East for the weekend — big orange barriers, signage and a police officer at each end. Given that the Gardiner Expressway was closed for maintenance and there were already bike lanes on Bayview, it made absolutely no sense. It was nothing more than an exercise in virtue signalling by a cabal of politicians and bureaucrats who wouldn’t be caught dead riding downtown themselves.
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Travis meets Travis: best Uber parody ever
Travis Kalanick meets Travis Bickle in a perfect parody of a cinematic masterpiece. And business bullshit.
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Who will be first to sue Uber in Canada?
However, as of July 1st 2021, Uber Canada will be located in Canada. Up until now, its head offices have been located in the Netherlands, a situation which has allowed it to avoid paying many of the same taxes competing Canadian business are required by law to pay. Uber’s “Double Dutch” tax avoidance strategy has been well investigated in other articles which are well worth reading.
Less well investigated is what we might call Uber’s “Lawsuit Avoidance Strategy,” which up until now could be summarized as: “Hide in the Netherlands and make anyone who wants to sue you, for any reason large or small, fly to Europe and find you in order to get their day at the Hague.”
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