Visit this link to find your next required SSC submission date: From toronto.ca: Vehicle Age (Model Year) “This bulletin applies to requirements to replace taxicabs, limousines, and private transportation company (PTC) vehicles in the City of Toronto due to the
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Could the “gig economy” be coming for your job? by Earla Phillips Uber has done a great job of convincing the public that it is just a “gig.” It didn’t start out that way. It started in many cities by
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Says Uber “used its corporate might keep prices artificially low” Private investigator Gary Walsh has filed a complaint against Uber with Canada’s Competition Bureau. Investigations Co-Ordinator with Probe Toronto, Walsh believes that Uber has intentionally used a predatory pricing program
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The good news is, EVs are a sales bust by Jeffrey Tucker We are living through one of history’s longest and most excruciating versions of “We told you so.” When in March 2020, the world’s government decided to “shut down”
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Chow wants report to consider wages, working conditions as well as emissions The February deadline for Toronto to decide how many rideshare vehicles is appropriate for a city trying cap emissions may be pushed back to November, 2024. In a
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What’s the rush? Why share only Taxi info, not rideshare? As part of a lengthy conversation and interview with Taxi News regarding changes being made to the Greater Toronto Airport Authority’s changes to driver permitting conditions, the GTAA asked for
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No love lost on Valentine’s Day Thousands of ride-hailing and delivery workers in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike on Valentine’s Day, calling for higher pay and other changes to their working conditions. In Canada, gig workers
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“Algorithmic wage discrimination” part of the package by Ben Wray Uber’s CEO has admitted that the company changes its drivers pay based on their “behavioural patterns,” after years of denials of the controversial policy which has been called “algorithmic wage discrimination.”
Read MoreThe following submission has been received in response to Taxi News’ February 9th opinion column on changes to the Taxi and Limo Conditions of Permit at Pearson International Airport by the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA). ***** From: Fabrice de
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