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The Taxi industry class action suit against the City of Ottawa proceeded on January 5th with Metro Taxi co-owner Marc Andre Way on the witness stand for the entire day.

Attorney Marion Sandilands of Conway Litigation opened proceedings with a complaint to Superior Court Justice Marc Smith that insufficient French translators were available on January 4th. Observers in the court said the translation quality was “dreadful.” This was possibly at least in part because the length of the testimony would have required additional translators to rotate throughout the day so others could take needed breaks. These additional translators were not available on January 4th.

The Taxi industry class action suit against the City of Ottawa proceeded on January 4th with Metro Taxi co-owner Marc Andre Way providing most of his testimony in French. However, it is expected that a larger proportion of his testimony

The Zoom link to the Ottawa court case (class action lawsuit regarding rideshare) is here: Taxi News is covering the Oshawa court case regarding the shooting of driver Michael Ryan and will have a report soon.

Blue Line is one of the Taxi brands operated by Coventry Connections. Photo: Taxi News Update at 2:15pm: There will not be a video link today. The soonest there will be a Zoom link is January 4th at 9am. Update