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At an April 11, 2012 Council meeting, Councillors directed staff to study “All possible options for restructuring taxi plate fees, including capturing the value of such plates for the taxpayers of the City of Ottawa.”

Ottawa’s Deputy City Manager Lesley Donnelly began providing testimony for the City of Ottawa in the Ottawa Taxi trial on January 26, and remained on the stand all day Friday, January 27th.

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Patio tables in curb lanes should be made permanent, Toronto report recommends

January 27, 2023 Rita Smith

A curb-lane patio on Yonge Street. Photo: Sue-Ann Levy Professional drivers question the idea of tables near traffic The City of Toronto has proposed that the CaféTO program allowing restaurant patios to extend into the curb lane be made permanent.

Ottawa Courthouse Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Ottawa City staff begin testifying at Taxi trial

January 27, 2023 RWN Staff

Ottawa’s Deputy City Manager Lesley Donnelly provided the first testimony for the City of Ottawa in the Ottawa Taxi trial on January 26. It is expected that she will be cross-examined by lawyers for the plaintiffs on the morning of January 27th.

Central Taxi drivers Mohammed Dahir and Mohammad Omar provide services to Niagara's Taxi medical program, which has provided a boon to drivers and enormous savings to the Region. Photo: Central Taxi

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Immigrants are right to wonder if hard work, initiative, investment will pay off in Canada

January 26, 2023 Rita Smith

Canada was built by people who believed hard work should deliver rewards. Photo: Central Taxi Have hard work and home ownership become crimes in Canada? You’ll have to forgive me if this is my net take-away from the Ottawa Taxi

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Justin Trudeau dogged by protesters at Hamilton retreat, cancels Legion speaking event

January 25, 2023 Rita Smith

Hamilton demonstrators brought a giant inflatable sheep to protest Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on January 24th. Photo: PlebReporter Justin Trudeau’s cabinet retreat in Hamilton, Ontario has been beseiged by protesters and demonstrators. Canada’s federal Liberal government is holding a three-day

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Ottawa Taxi court case resumes at 10am Jan. 23

January 23, 2023 RWN Staff

At 10am, lawyers are discussing with Justice Marc Smith the possibility of amending the number of days set for the trial, to make the schedule longer.

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Thou shalt not break the “Ten By-law Commandments”

January 22, 2023 Guest Contributor

To city counsellors everywhere
And dear beloved mayors,
Shepherds in the fields of the cities
With the taxi flock under your care.

You gave us the Ten By-law Commandments
On tablets of stone you set the rules
Saying “A taxi plate, meter and roof sign
These will be your tools.”

Ottawa's "Equity and Inclusion Lens" handbook features prominently in the Taxi court case. Image: City of Ottawa

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Ottawa’s version of equity and inclusion studiously ignores the industry composed of 90% immigrants

January 21, 2023 Rita Smith

“This exchange – the clever words, the hidden agenda, the implied privilege attributed to Ottawa regulators, the arrogant attitude – was a painful echo of how members of the Taxi industry were treated with Uber’s arrival. They were treated with contempt.”

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10 per cent of Ottawa Taxi plate holders born in Canada: Ornstein report

January 20, 2023 RWN Staff

53.1 percent of Ottawa Taxi plate owners are Arabs. Image: Ornstein report The following are excerpts of sociologist Dr. Michael Orstein’s expert report regarding Metro Taxi vs the City of Ottawa: “Table 2 provides striking evidence of a highly racialized