Minister congratulates accused in government press release Joedy Wall was outraged to hear media reports that Service NL had licensed a ride sharing service owned by an accused sexual offender. Newfoundland’s Liberal government beat a hasty retreat on its January
Read MoreUber says it doesn’t “materially change the law” On January 9th, the Biden administration enacted a new labor rule which aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors.” “Misclassifying employees as independent contractors is a serious issue that
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Fraudsters counterfeiting vehicle safety certificates are confident enough to advertise on Facebook. Image: Facebook
A fraudster offering fake safety certificates to Uber and Lyft drivers on Facebook is fulfilling the predictions of Taxi industry members who suggested this when happen when Toronto shut down its own inspection garage. An individual called “Khalsa” has posted
Read MoreFirst emissions, now sexual assault: reality strikes again With dismay, I read holiday media reports that at least two women appear to have been sexually assaulted by a man posing as their Uber driver. Whether he actually IS a rideshare
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Artist's depiction of the person who might have stolen Lincoln's Taxicab on December 18th. Image: Google Images
“Happy Fricken’ Holidays!” Christmas Spirit must have been in short supply on December 18th, when a Beck Taxi driver got out of his cab to assist a senior woman and had his vehicle stolen. The 36-year veteran driver is known
Read MoreThe 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. 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
Read More“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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