Ontario’s first DDI opened September 26th. Image: Twitter *****Ontario is following up the introduction of round-abouts with a new concept: the Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI). QEW/Glendale Avenue Interchange Replacement between St. Catherine’s and Niagara-on-the-Lake opened on September 26th, 2022. Ontario’s
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I am trying hard to find balance in my mind between two goals set by Toronto: on-demand Accessible Taxi service for members of the disabled community, and Net-Zero emissions.
Unfortunately, it seems that as Toronto hopes to move forward toward its goal of Net-Zero emissions, the goal of on-demand Accessible Taxi service is demonstrably, measurably being pushed in reverse.
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On September 13th, the City of Toronto issued the press release below. October 2nd is the deadline for interested parties to submit their names for consideration to be on the Electric Vehicles Working Group.
Applications open for the Vehicle-for-Hire Net Zero Working Group
The City of Toronto is inviting members from across Toronto’s vehicle-for-hire industry and relevant stakeholders to join the Vehicle-for-Hire Net Zero Working Group. Led by a third-party facilitator, the working group will review possible solutions to guide and support the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions produced by the vehicle-for-hire industry to net zero by 2030.
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“When we sit down with a Trucker trying to arrange or renew insurance, the first thing we have to do is ask for the LOE…you might be tempted toask, ‘Do they even exist?’” asked Scott Cober of BFL Canada. His rhetorical question got a big laugh from the room, but Derrick MacDonald of Driver Verified responded by confirming the challenge drivers face getting the letters, and also by proposing a solution.
“Let’s face it, if your employer fired you on Friday, asking him to provide you with an LOE on Monday is a non-starter,” MacDonald pointed out. “You are the lowest priority on his list.”
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Currently, most drivers do not collect a letter of experience issued by an insurance company unless they need one to get added to a new policy. Some employers are not comfortable giving their drivers a letter of experience as they believe that the driver is going to use it to apply for a new job with a competitor. As such, employers tend not to offer letters of experience to their drivers unless requested.
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In these two awards, the Arbitrators applied a relatively low threshold for establishing that objections to taking a COVID-19 vaccine were covered by religion and creed protections. However, as noted above, these findings are only the first part of the analysis. Employers are only required to accommodate religious beliefs if doing so does not constitute undue hardship, and a key factor which may create undue hardship is health and safety risk. COVID-19 vaccine requirements are measures to increase workplace health and safety. These two awards did not have to consider how accommodating these religious beliefs could be reconciled with health and safety concerns, and that will likely be the key issue for employers who are faced with these claims in their own workplaces.
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Photo: Twitter Once again, London’s Black Cab drivers ferried military veterans to and from yesterday’s Remembrance Service, for free.Great people doing a great job for great people. That’s why they’re the best cabbies in the world. pic.twitter.com/qXocGMdw99 — Piers Morgan
Read MoreOn Thursday, Sept. 15, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), filed an unfair labour practices complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board against Uber for violating the Labour Relations Act. Earlier this year, Uber and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) struck a deal that gave UFCW the right to represent Uber drivers and couriers. This agreement was done in secret without worker input. Uber even used its app and email list to promote the agreement to drivers and couriers.
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Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursdday that it was investigating a cybersecurity incident, reports Reuters News. The incident occurred after a report that its network was breached and the company had to shut several internal communications and engineering systems.
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