The Ottawa Taxi trial, officially titled “Metro Taxi Ltd., Marc Andre Way and Ishkak Mail vs the City of Ottawa” wrapped up around 5pm, November 29th. The lawsuit, filed in 2016 and certified in 2018, will almost certainly reach a
Read MoreMaking any sort of recording of a court proceeding in Canada without the express written permission of the Justice is highly illegal and could lead to contempt of court charges and arrest. So, Taxi News has created this “re-enactment” of
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Plaintiff’s counsel Abdalla Barqawi struck an ironic and humourous note in his November 28th presentation when he scrolled through some of the many thousands of words in Ottawa’s Taxi by-law enforcement regulations. “It’s not plausible,” Barqawi argued, “that Ottawa would
Read More Final arguments in the Ottawa Taxi trial, Metro Taxi vs the City of Ottawa, will resume at 10am November 29th as counsel for the City of Ottawa continues to present its case. Today is the last scheduled day of hearings.
Read More Final arguments in the Ottawa Taxi trial, Metro Taxi vs the City of Ottawa, will be available to view on Zoom beginning November 28th. Members of the public can attend proceedings in Court Room 30 of the Ottawa Court Building.
Read MoreCould government end your business on a whim? “Looking back, I really wish he had bought a Tim Horton’s franchise instead of a Taxi plate.” This comment by one of Toronto’s “Taxi Widows” a decade ago still rings in my
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Are governments in Canada subject to the laws they write?
If so, what are the consequences (if any) when the very bodies that write the statutes willfully ignore them?
Two court cases are proceeding right now. Both are against municipal governments who wrote and ignored laws so cavalierly that they put consumers at risk, and cost thousands of small business people virtually everything they owned.
Read More100k Ubers, cab rental fees, closed roads among hardships endured Cabbies heading into work pic.twitter.com/mqXHNlEXEE — Herts GB (@Herts_GB) November 19, 2023
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Calgary’s Checker Cabs recently changed advertising agencies, and people are taking notice. “Movember” is an annual event which encourages men to grow new, bigger, or better moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues including
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