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"In November 2023, we were told there would be big problems with the ride availability if the number of licenses was limited to 52,000; now they're using the same argument, but pushing to 80,000 drivers," pointed out Uber driver Vitaly Goodman.
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“Right and wrong have become blurred” says Uber driver Goodman

Before Canada had a minimum wage law in 1920, workers were exploited with long hours and low pay, lacking legal protection. Gig workers today face a similar, ugly situation. The difference now is that with the modern propaganda, misinformation, facts

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"If you're one of the venture capitalists who floated the loans to Uber to come up to Toronto, you've been reaping a pretty handsome reward, but that money has come out of the pockets of the people who provide the service, and it's come in out of the quality of life in the city of Toronto," said Gord Perks on December 10th. Photo: Taxi News
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John Tory made a mistake with Uber, says Perks

“We have to fight hard to claw it all back, but we can do it“ Veteran Toronto Councillor Gord Perks unleashed on Uber and John Tory in an epic display of honesty and accuracy seldom experienced by jaded City Hall

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Mayor Olivia Chow presided over the Executive Committee meeting on December 10th. Photo: Alexander Zdravko for Taxi News
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Olivia Chow acknowledges Taxi, rideshare drivers’ concerns

“Let’s give it another try…let’s see if we could do better” Uber’s influence in the Mayor’s office is not what it was when John Tory presided, it appears. At the close of the December 10th Executive Committee meeting, half of

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Vass Bednar is Executive Director, Master of Public Policy in Digital Society at McMaster University and Host of 'LATELY' from the Globe and Mail. Image: ParlVu
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“Surveillance pricing” means riders pay more, drivers get less

Aim is to extract the highest possible price using intrusive personal data Federal Members of Parliament appeared to be shocked by revelations about algorithmic pay processes as they were investigated at an Ethics Committee meeting on December 3rd. McMaster University’s

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