Documents obtained by Taxi News through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request indicate that the number of PTC drivers still driving in 2021 is as low as 7 or 8 per cent, as indicated in the FOI text and the charts below.
Read MoreToronto’s Integrity Commissioner Jonathan Batty has announced that he does not have enough time to complete his investigation into Mayor John Tory before the upcoming election. This means investigation will have to be suspended until after the election is completed.
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The media release below was posted by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Reforms on August 10, 2022 ***** The Justice Centre today released a new Report on the real and growing threat of digital ID technologies in Canada. This report, entitled Canada’s Road
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Time should be the essence of a driver training program, the City of Toronto appears to have determined.
In deciding whether or not to honour the 3754 certificates printed and paid for by Vehicle for Hire (VFH) drivers who took the Toronto-approved DRVRhub on-line course, Licensing staff are informing registrants that this certificate will be honoured if they took longer than three hours to complete the program.
Slower test takers, who took longer than three hours to complete the program, will be eligible to be approved for a VFH license with the DRVRhub certificate.
Faster test takers, those who completed the program in less than three hours, cannot use their DRVRhub certificates as proof of training and will be required to take another approved course.
Read MoreBorden Ladner Gervais LLP – Maude Galarneau, Patrick Trent and Samuel Roy Context In the fall of 2021, Canada’s minister of transport issued by ministerial orders a mandatory vaccination requirement for federally regulated marine, air and rail transportation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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I can’t help but think of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the vivid and illustrative scenes of pigs at the trough, all on the public purse, liars and hypocrites all, telling us how they know best while living off the avails of taxation.
But this is the new better world of a “Just Transition” – and the elites are advocating for it all the way to the bank.
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Behrouz Khamseh is nothing if not doggedly, admirably determined in his approach to the City of Toronto. Photo: YouTube This story was updated at 9am on August 4th with the information that Ontario’s Municipal Conflict of Interest Act was amended
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The number of students who printed a certificate from DRVRhub online training has increased to 3,754 from 3,602, Taxi News has learned. Toronto Licensing and Standards division has not yet decided on whether these certificates will be accepted in the Vehicle for Hire (VFH) program in which training is now mandatory.
The original number of customers and potential Vehicle for Hire drivers who had paid for and completed the DRVRhub course was 3,602. However, an email from Toronto Licensing staff on July 28 notes that the number has been increased to 3,754.
“The City is reviewing information on the 3,754 drivers who had already completed the DRVR Hub training program before it was suspended on July 8.
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Vehicle-for-Hire driver training in Toronto must involve a live instructor in real-time, according to a letter sent to approved training organizations on July 27th.
“I write in respect of the City of Toronto’s driver training accreditation program for vehicle-for-hire and PTC drivers,” wrote Fiona Reid, Director of Business and Regulatory Services in a letter obtained by Taxi News.
“This is to advise that the city is exercising its discretion under the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 546-13A and B to amend the driver training accreditation program to add an additional mandatory component in the posted criteria for driver training courses. The additional mandatory component is that all accredited driver training courses must include live attendance or online interaction with instructors/evaluators in real time.
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