It’s all about supply and demand. “The basic problem is, you have way too many vehicles on the road for any driver to earn a living,” said Marc Andre Way, president of the Canadian Taxi Association. He was addressing Licensing
Read MoreRegister online to attend Three final stakeholder consultations on the Vehicle for Hire topic are scheduled for the last week of June. On Monday June 24th, there will be a virtual session for the Taxi industry at 12:30. At 6:30
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Peter Athanasopoulos of Spinal Cord Injury Ontario wants to know why Toronto did not schedule an entire consultation and planning process dedicated to Accessible transportation before it launched the current Vehicle for Hire (VHF) consultation. “Why isn’t there a dedicated
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The first “in-person” consultation session on Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VHF) industry will take place at the East York Civic Centre on June 20th at 10am. On June 12, a virtual session was hosted by Toronto staff and Gladki Planning
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To know others is intelligence; to know yourself is true wisdom A young warrior came running into his village shouting, “The enemy is coming! He is about half an hour away.” Upon hearing this, the whole town panicked. They grabbed
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First jurisdiction to achieve 100 per cent capacity target Canada’s Department of Natural Resources reports that Arctic Canada now has a total 34 public charging stations for seven electric vehicles, writes Blacklock’s Reporter on June 17th. “Yukon, Northwest Territories and
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Theft of workers’ tips being acknowledged? Following Ontario’s lead, the government of British Colombia is changing the definition of the term “minimum wage.” On June 12, BC released proposed legislation which, like Ontario’s law, divides a worker’s time into “engaged
Read Morefrom the Gig Workers’ United “X” feed What do we think of the new platform gig work regulations in BC? It’s great the provincial government recognizes that this is an unsustainable situation but we are disappointed that the legislation doesn’t
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Brian Horne A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabby says, “Wow, perfect timing. You’re just like Frank.” The passenger asks, “Who?” The cabby explains, “Frank
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