Now retired, Susan Jones held numerous post in Ottawa’s City government including Acting Deputy City Manager and General Manager, Emergency and Protective Services. Her knowledge of Ottawa’s Taxi by-laws and enforcement measures are encyclopedic. Photo: YouTube ****** A meeting held
Read MoreConway Litigation senior counsel Thomas Conway, representating the plaintiffs in Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa, is cross-examining retired Ottawa senior official Susan Jones this morning. Jones served in a variety of senior positions in Nepean (before amalgamation) and Ottawa
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One year ago in Ottawa, Convoy supporters were schlepping fuel for Truckers. Click the white arrow to view the video. Video: Donna Laframboise I was the only journalist to observe this brilliant publicity stunt firsthand by Donna Laframboise Tuesday afternoon,
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Read More9:30 am February 7 update: Justice Smith delivered his decision regarding the concepts of “solicitor/client privilege” and the fact that Ottawa’s legal counsel Stuart Huxley’s testimony in describing directions he was provided as “hearsay evidence” if he was discussing direction
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Uber acted as a “global lobbying machine,” writes the ICIJ in The Uber Files. Image: ICIJ In surprising testimony on February 6th, Ottawa Program Manager Christine Hartig indicated that City staff could not charge Uber for violating the law because
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In-house lobbyists for Uber logged a meeting on January 20 with the TTC’s Head of Wheel-Trans, Cameron Penman and Wheel-Trans Manager, Mohammed Rashid Shaikh. The TTC’s Manager of Business Transformation also attenderd, according to Matt Elliott, publisher of “City Hall Watcher.”
Elliott notes that Wheel-Trans provides a significant portion of its service to people with disabilities via contracts with the taxi industry. They have never established any similar arrangement with PTC companies like Uber, though Uber does operate a service called UberWav in some cities that provides specialized wheelchair-accessible service.
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Image: City of Ottawa City of Ottawa manager Christine Hartig said its “Equity and Inclusion Lens” handbook and the policies it contains were “not germaine” to the 2015 report written by KPMG. Hartig is testifying for the second day on
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Zoom links and technology services during the first month of the Ottawa Taxi trial have been generally very reliable. Image: Google This morning at the Ottawa Taxi trial, the cross-examination of City of Ottawa’s Regulatory Services Program Manager Christine Hartig
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