Stories of low pay, high costs abound Broke and burnt-out Uber drivers, Door-dashers and other gig workers are taking to YouTube in recent months, complaining of long hours, high costs and low pay. “You’re working way into the evening, Saturdays
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Beck Taxi's Kristine Hubbard has spoken exhaustively on the need to revamp Toronto's Accessible on Demand program, which must include capping the number of Vehicles for Hire on city streets. Image: Toronto
Ottawa is making it work; why can’t Toronto? Despite years of warnings and its own cold, hard statistics staring it in the face, the City of Toronto will see its Accessible Taxi on Demand program collapse on March 31st. The
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Mayoralty candidate Olivia Chow met with drivers from Taxi and Uber during her campaign. Image: LDAO
1) Toronto would have to admit it made a mistake in allowing open-entry and unregulated fares for 80,000 plus Uber, Lyft and other app-based Vehicles for Hire. It’s understandable that John Tory was never going to disavow his beloved policy
Read MoreApril 10th deadline to submit comments List A: Proposed Rideshare Pilot Communities: Algonquin Highlands Armour Armstrong Bear Island Black River-Matheson Bonfield Bracebridge Brethour Burk’s Falls Callander Casey Chamberlain Charlton and Dack Chippewas of Rama First Nation Chisholm Cobalt Cochrane Cochrane,
Read MoreDriver, vehicles, insurance proposed requirements The text below has been posted to Ontario’s “Northlander Rideshare Pilot Summary” site. Deadline to submit comments is April 10th, 2026. The pilot is scheduled to launch in “Spring, 2026.” Pilot Eligibility and Registration: •
Read MoreInterested ground transportation industry members, residents, and community groups have until April 10th to submit comments on the “Northlander Rideshare Pilot” scheduled to begin in Spring, 2026. The Ministry of Transportation finished its fourth and final consultation session on March
Read MoreOntario “rideshare” regs moving like lightening Ontario’s unseemly rush to regulate so-called “rideshare” around the return of the Northlander train is transparently disingenuous and potentially irresponsible. Everyone knows by now that no one is sharing anything; the more frightening part
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Period for submitting comments to the Northlander Rideshare Pilot closed on April 10th. Image: Ontario
Pilot intended to “inform potential future province-wide oversight” The province of Ontario posted detailed notice of its plans for rideshare services along the Northlander train route within hours of its last consultation session with stakeholders on March 19th. On Friday,
Read MorePolice are concerned there may be more victims On March 19th, the Toronto Police Service notified the public of an arrest made in a Sexual Assault investigation. On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, police responded to a call for a Sexual
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