Could government end your business on a whim? “Looking back, I really wish he had bought a Tim Horton’s franchise instead of a Taxi plate.” This comment by one of Toronto’s “Taxi Widows” a decade ago still rings in my
Read MoreAre governments in Canada subject to the laws they write?
If so, what are the consequences (if any) when the very bodies that write the statutes willfully ignore them?
Two court cases are proceeding right now. Both are against municipal governments who wrote and ignored laws so cavalierly that they put consumers at risk, and cost thousands of small business people virtually everything they owned.
Read MoreBehrouz Khamseh of All Taxi Owners and Operators Limited (ATOOL) has launched a petition calling upon the City of Toronto to “level the playing field” concerning fare rates for different forms of ground transportation. Currently, Taxi rates are set by
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A recent Colorado study found Uber taking an average of 53 per cent of the fare a customer pays during a price surge. Image: YouTube
Isabella Escalona of A More Perfect Union recently undertook a survey of Uber drivers and found that drivers are receiving only half of the fare riders pay. Some drivers say it is closer to 60 per cent. “We used to
Read MoreMayor Olivia Chow’s admirable attempt to cap the number of rideshare vehicles cruising city streets perversely resulted in a halt in the licensing of drivers for Accessible Taxis, perhaps the driver category needed most urgently in Toronto. The Law of
Read MoreHistoric trial asks whether municipal government must obey its own laws Final, verbal arguments will be put forward in the Ottawa Taxi trial on November 28th and 29th, 2023. Plaintiff Marc Andre Way of Metro Taxi told Taxi News, “We
Read MoreProjects to explore expanding hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel MARKHAM – The Ontario government announced on October 12 the first six projects that will receive funding through the new Hydrogen Innovation Fund, which will kickstart and develop
Read MoreI had always loved driving, and mom once told me the only car seat she could put me in where I wouldn’t cry was one with a steering wheel. I, of course, have no memory of this. I started driving taxi not thinking of it as a start to a trucking career. Instead, I just figured it would do until “something better comes along.” It would be nine years of “making do” before I made the jump to being a full-time truck driver.
My test drive with Roach’s was with one of their big commercial customers, mainly to see how I’d treat the vehicle on rough roads. The owner’s brother was the road tester, meaning, of course, that I was gentle with the car.
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Legalizing rideshare permitted more than 80,000 additional vehicles to cruise Toronto's already-gridlocked streets.
No matter which figure you use, 50,000 or 80,000 cruising cars is a lot more than 5,500 Taxis ***** An astonishing thing happened at Toronto’s October 11th City Council Meeting. While considering mandating electric Taxis and Ubers in order to
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