Feb. 7 Ottawa Taxi Trial proceedings Zoom link 9:30 am February 7 update: Justice Smith delivered his decision regarding the concepts of "solicitor/client privilege" and the fact that Ottawa's legal counsel Stuart Huxley's testimony in describing directions he was provided as "hearsay evidence" if he was discussing direction given to
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Uber acted as a "global lobbying machine," writes the ICIJ in The Uber Files. Image: ICIJ In surprising testimony on February 6th, Ottawa Program Manager Christine Hartig indicated that City staff could not charge Uber for violating the law because they could not find Uber. Christine Hartig Photo: LinkedIn In
Read MoreUber's head office in Toronto. Photo: Taxi News In-house lobbyists for Uber logged a meeting on January 20 with the TTC’s Head of Wheel-Trans, Cameron Penman and Wheel-Trans Manager, Mohammed Rashid Shaikh. The TTC’s Manager of Business Transformation also attenderd, according to Matt Elliott, publisher of "City Hall Watcher." Elliott notes that Wheel-Trans
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