Ottawa Taxi court cancelled for January 16, to resume January 17
To all who is following the Ottawa Taxi lawsuit proceedings on the livestream, please note that court is cancelled today and will resume tomorrow, January 17th.
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Ride Hailing news
RideSafe World presents “Confirming Your Uber”
This Sunday’s Reader Contribution parody comes from RideSafe World in Dover, DE.
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Ottawa’s “Taxi mistakes” date back to 1971: Denley
The City of Ottawa’s biggest Taxi mistake dates back to1971, according to PostMedia columnist Randall Denley.
Denley was interviewed by CityNews’ reporter Rob Snow on January 12, and provided listeners with a succinct historical summary of the situation that has landed Ottawa in court this month.
The big mistake, Denley explained, occurred in 1971, when the then-City of Ottawa decided to “fix” the number of Taxi licenses that would be issued; any more Taxis than that would be too many. Ottawa then perpetrated that system for decades.
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“This is the first I’ve heard of it” Doug Ford says of LCBO plan to deliver booze through UberEats
Ontario Premier Doug Ford Photo:
Premier Doug Ford told reporters he had received no information on the recent announcement that UberEats would be delivering alcohol products for Ontario’s Liquor Control Board (LCBO).
“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” Ford admitted in answer to a reporter’s question at a lengthy press conference on January 11th.
“I’ll have to give a call over to the LCBO and see what they’re up to.”
Read MoreOttawa Taxi case begins 6th day with Marc Andre Way on the stand again
Ottawa Courthouse Photo: Wikipedia Ottawa Taxi expert Marc Andre Way is expected to be on the stand in court again today. Way has spent five full days, answering every question posed by lawyers on the detailed mechinations of the city’s
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Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli, shown here in a 2023 photo, was transported to hospital as a precautionary measure after being rear-ended by a transport truck on Highway 11. Image: X
Fedeli stages photo with Uber as Ottawa court case finally proceeds after a five year wait
Ontario Minister Vic Fedeli poses with Uber executives on Day #4 of the Ottawa case which waited five years to get to court after certification in 2018. Photo: Twitter ***** Ontario’s Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli posed for a photo
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RWN on Lead Pedal Radio, January 11, 10am
Rita and Bruce, together again! At least for a day. Road Warrior News publisher Rita Smith will be the guest on Lead Pedal Radio to talk about “The 10 groups that had to fail at their jobs to make the
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Landmark Lawsuit Slaps Legacy Media With Antitrust, First Amendment Claims for Censoring COVID-Related Content
A lawsuit filed January 10th by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and multiple other plaintiffs, alleges the Trusted News Initiative, a self-described “industry partnership” launched in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organizations, partnered with Big Tech firms to collectively censor online news.
“By censoring independent voices, what they’re doing is economic suppression. Antitrust is against trusts, it’s against monopolies, and what the TNI has done is essentially create a global media monopoly in the English language.”
–Mary Holland, CHD president and general counsel
In a live interview January 10th on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chairman and chief litigation counsel for Children’s Health Defense (CHD), announced that he and several other plaintiffs filed a groundbreaking novel lawsuit making antitrust and constitutional claims against legacy media outlets.
The lawsuit targets the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), a self-described “industry partnership” launched in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organizations, including the BBC, The Associated Press (AP), Reuters and The Washington Post — all of which are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
A bandit cab with a generic "Taxi" roof sign travels on the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto. Photo: Jafar Mirsalari
Metro Taxi worked “co-operatively and collaboratively” with Ottawa to shut down Bandit cabs, court heard before sound was lost
This unmarked “Bandit Cab” using a temporary, no-name roof light was photographed in Toronto in 2022. Technically, Uber and other rideshares were operating as Bandit cabs before municipalities wrote new by-laws and regulations to legalize them. Photo: Jafar Mirsalari January
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