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Image: City of Toronto “Wait a minute – is this is a trick question?” This week, I received a call from an industry member requesting Taxi News re-post the June 24th article, “Toronto considers seizing inactive plates.” It has now been re-posted for those
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Photo: Mike Murchison The downside of coasting is that sooner or later, we run out of hill A few years ago a friend of mine put a set of CD’s in front of me and said, “Have you heard these yet?” The CD
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It appears that everyone had a good time at Caribana, especially Mayor Olivia Chow. A Taxi News reader sent this photo with the observation, "I don't know...I think if I shook my pelvis aggressively at passers-by, I would probably get arrested." Probably, on any other day. Photo: Twitter 
Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation Photo: Twitter Government can be held liable In this video, Christine explains the decision in R v Power, a case where the federal government argued that they have absolute immunity from being sued for damages for unconstitutional laws. The federal government lost
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Photo: RWN Everyone has all the time there is; why don’t we use it? Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind
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Photo: Mike Murchison In my world there are two things that matter: accountability and responsibility. It is the choices I have made over the years that have brought me to the place I now stand. My responsibilities revolve around a very demanding job
Read MorePaul Kearley shares “The Anti-Friendship Guide” “You can make more friends in 10 minutes by becoming genuinely interested in them than you can in ten years by trying to get them interested in you.” Dale Carnegie I never really felt
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Ejaz Butts, President, TLDA and Secretary, iTaxi Workers Photo: TLDA Cap on licenses, single form of insurance recommended 1. Cap/pause on all commercials licenses like Vehicle for Hire (VFH) and Private Transportation Companies (PTC) for at least the next five years. Toronto should follow New York system: select 10,000 to
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First under Chief Bill Blair and then under Chief Mark Saunders, Toronto police utterly ignored rideshare's failure to obey the Highway Traffic Act. I had some epic arguments with numerous officers; these were some of the most demoralizing events of my life. Photo: TPS Tory and Saunders ignored the Law; will Chow and Demkiw restore faith in it? Coincidentally, as I was doing research and interviewing experts for a hard news article on the topic of “Enforcing the Law” as it relates to the
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