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In writing “Pandemic Panic,” co-author Christine Van Geyn notes,” We have observed a phenomenon of the surreal, sometimes inane, often unprecedented and unusual public health measures taken over the roughly three-year pandemic period being ‘memory holed’, where the mind completely
Read MoreThis week, Dan McTeague’s energy update is in video format. As president of Canadians For Affordable Energy, McTeague discusses a quiet beginning to the new year with gas prices having decreased across much of Canada. However, that will soon change
Read More“Ontario has the safest roads in all of North America” is a vague and inaccurate statement Traffic statistics are a complicated, challenging area in which to make bold statements or simple comparisons. You could be referring to Canadian or American
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Retired oil rig worker, chemist, Taxi driver and Bullshit Detective Hans Wienhold still misses his luxury vehicle. Photo: Hans Wienhold
“Sometimes I still miss that car” by Hans Wienhold Bought it for $350. It was a 1969 Pontiac Parisienne. I put 6,000 miles on it in the summer of 1979. In retrospect, that was a bit of a miracle. By
Read MoreCOP28 announcements will devastate Canada’s economy by Dan McTeague The 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) wrapped up in Dubai in December. That the two-week conference, whose object is to discuss the global phase-out of fossil fuels, is being held in
Read Moreby Marc Andre Way The only constant in business is change. This is true in all of life. No one gets married and starts a family expecting children to stay toddlers forever; we expect them to grow up, get educated,
Read MoreFirst emissions, now sexual assault: reality strikes again With dismay, I read holiday media reports that at least two women appear to have been sexually assaulted by a man posing as their Uber driver. Whether he actually IS a rideshare
Read MoreIn the first official holiday event since before COVID-19, team members from Ottawa’s Coventry Connections gathered together on December 9th to celebrate the season. Coventry CEO Marc Andre Way welcomed everyone in his remarks. “Thanks to everyone who helped us
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Toronto commissioned this report in 2013, one year before Uber arrived and the city opted for complete open entry to the ground transportation market. As a result, the 5,500 vehicles recommended exploded to 55,000.
City has 100 times the number of vehicles for hire recommended Update December 15: This article has been updated with the inclusion of the .pdf version of the 2013 report. In 2013, the City of Toronto hired Dr. James Cooper
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