Canada’s Air Transat will gradually suspend flights between December 8 and 9 following a 72-hour strike notice from ALPA, the union representing the company’s 700 pilots. Air Transat posted the following notice on December 7th: “The union representing our pilots
Read MoreAODA compliance, passenger safety, driver earnings industry issues The province of Ontario’s review of the ground transportation framework announced in the Fall Economic Statement “will branch out in the new year,” Ministry of Transportation staff indicate. “We are currently consulting
Read MoreTo the Editor, RE: It’s always sunny in autonomous news When, not if, Waymo commences operations in T.O., the VFH will be utterly transformed. (Look for a possible merger or takeover with Uber at some point. Uber, with a 2024
Read MoreMeanwhile, Magna’s self-driving test cut short for “bad behaviour” by robots “Alphabet’s much-hyped self-driving car company is looking at Toronto. Waymo, the autonomous taxi service where passengers roll solo, opened a registration with Toronto’s lobbyist registrar on November 6,” City
Read More“Uniform or near-uniform pricing” These agreements constitute a per se violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. They are horizontal arrangements among direct competitors to fix prices—precisely the type of conduct the antitrust laws were designed to prohibit. The
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Read MoreProvincial involvement is “long overdue,” RDAO says Ontario’s review of ground transportation regulations must include discussion of both driver earnings and a single transferrable license, says George Wedge, president of the Rideshare Drivers of Ontario. Wedge says Ontario’s involvement in
Read MoreVFH industry must be involved RE: Ontario to review “rideshare framework” To the Editor, Taxi News My initial response is what the hell took so long? Had Queen’s Park jumped into the fray 10 years ago, much of the fallout
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Technology was supposed to make ground transportation safer....no one predicted hackers would figure out how to scam Uber, Lyft, and Instacart. Image: Instagram
CTA says any review must prioritize passenger safety, crime prevention “The Canadian Taxi Association welcomes a review of Ontario’s ground transportation framework, which includes passenger safety, consumer protection, crime prevention, and law enforcement, and which bases decisions on evidence. Ontario’s
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