“Statements attributed to City Manager Paul Johnson in this context are not true” In response to statements made by Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh in Taxi News’ March 20 article, “Was the VFH review an intentional waste of time?”, the City
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Spinal Cord Injury Ontario advocate Peter Athanasopoulos spoke to Toronto's Executive Committee on March 19, 2025.
Attempt to defy the Law of Supply and Demand harms everyone When time and words are wasted intentionally in politics, it’s known as “ragging the puck.” Politicians and officials just talk out the clock, introduce red-herring topics to take listeners
Read MoreThe Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa trial will be continued on April 4th, 2025, to address the issue of damages. The parties will be back in court to argue the issue of whether damages should be assessed in the
Read MoreDecision “kicked down the road” to Council March 26 The age extension for Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles from 7 years to 10 years needs to be discussed again at Toronto’s March 26 City Council meeting. The motion passed by Executive Committee
Read MoreChow says June is too soon for update due in March Update, 7:30am March 22: this article has been updated with a statement from the City of Toronto. Suddenly, everything makes more sense…. After watching all of yesterday’s Executive Committee
Read More“Buy Canadian” should mean Taxi and local, not Uber and Lyft, De Baeremaeker, Hubbard suggest Taxi News will have more video and coverage later on March 19th. Toronto Taxi firms wasted no time this morning in politely pointing out the
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Toronto's Executive Committee is being livestreamed March 19th. Councillors are scheduled to debate increasing the age of Wheelchair Accessible vehicles to 10 years. Image: YouTube
Driver earnings, cap on VFH numbers not on agenda The Licensing and Standards staff report on Vehicle for Hire (VFH) earnings scheduled to come forward by the end of first quarter (March 31) is not on the agenda for today’s
Read MoreNo insurer will cover a fully-EV Taxi in Toronto Regarding Toronto’s 2030 deadline to mandate all-electric Taxis, Mayor Olivia Chow says “We can always look at whether the deadline makes sense or not.” Chow was speaking at the March 17
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On March 17th, Mayor Olivia Chow spoke at an event focused on actions intended to counter American tariffs. Photo: Alexander Zdravco for Taxi News
Chow stops short of boycotting American giants Uber, Lyft Update 8am March 18th: the link to the Mayor’s Economic Action Plan has been updated, and the sentence on the Staff report on VFH earnings has been corrected. Toronto Mayor Olivia
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