Photo: Toronto Pearson Airport The Greater Toronto Airport Authority Ground Transportation division has provided the following information to Taxi News: “To All Licence/Permit Holders: The GTAA would like to advise all Taxicab and Limousine Permit/Licence holders that on December 5 there was productive session with
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Earla Phillips and other members of Rideshare Drivers of Ontario held a press conference at Toronto City Hall on December 14th, 2023 to express their support for Toronto Council as it works to identify an improved system of licensing rideshare vehicles. There are too many people driving for money at present, Phillips says, which makes it difficult for anyone to earn a living wage. Photo: RDAO Mayor Olivia Chow’s compromise motion to lift the cap on rideshare vehicles until February passed at Toronto City Council late December 14th. Chow’s motion call for Licensing and Standards Director Carleton Grant to to “resume issuing vehicle-for-hire and private transportation
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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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“We’ve referred things to the Integrity Commissioner before, and the results are usually inconclusive,” Speaker Nunziata told Council Councillor Michael Thomas’s request for an investigation into the leak of confidential documents from Toronto’s Solicitor’s office got shut down quickly by
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Will Toronto investigate document leaked to media? Questions about how a briefing note from Toronto’s Solicitor’s office wound up in the hands of a CTV reporter remain unanswered as Toronto Council meets today. On December 12, reporter Natalie Johnson published
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Original effective date of January 1, 2024 appears to be delayed The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) has provoked confusion and dismay over proposed changes to the Conditions of Permit for ground transportation vehicles. The changes, originally set to take
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“You realize that Uber’s desire to rule is literally in their name, right?” –Taxi news Survey Uber needs suckers “Uber needs suckers,” Vazken Kerametlian says of Uber Canada’s December 4th lawsuit against the City of Toronto, which recently voted to
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Uber's lawsuit against Toronto is the archetypal example of "The Pot calling the Kettle black." Image: Taxi News “Acting in bad faith; discriminating; causing loss of customer base, goodwill and revenues” As a professional humour writer, I can relate when comedians complain that there is no comedy they can write that is as unbelievable as the world we
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