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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Behrouz Khamseh of All Taxi Owners and Operators Limited (ATOOL) has launched a petition calling upon the City of Toronto to “level the playing field” concerning fare rates for different forms of ground transportation. Currently, Taxi rates are set by
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Individual autonomy gradually being replaced by collective authoritarianism Before you read further, I recommend you read these books: For Your Own Good: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health, Jacob Sullum Slow Burn: The Great American Antismoking Scam
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“Vision Zero my ass. Here’s Zero Vision 101,” writes Beaches resident Bobby Armstrong. “A newly installed traffic light in the beach for months now. The residents can’t get Toronto Hydro to turn it on.” The lights have been hanging at
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In the United Kingdom, charitable cabbie group PoppyCabs works to ensure that every veteran who wants to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony at a Cenotaph has free transportation to get there.
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