A critical look at Canada’s EV policy by Dan McTeague For years now I’ve been saying that electric vehicles, and EV mandates, are bad for Canada. Back in 2020, when the then-CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, voiced his concerns that
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How has science changed so much since 2020? Canadian vaccinologist Dr. Byram Bridle will speak at “A Town Hall Event About COVID-19 Shots in Children” on June 17th. “I have accepted an invitation to speak at an event in Calgary,
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The City of Toronto is inviting residents and industry members to share their views on the vehicle-for-hire regulations at a series of virtual and in-person public consultations Wednesday, June 12 through Wednesday, June 25. The Licensing of Vehicles-for-Hire Bylaw (https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/toronto-code-546.pdf)
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Tension mounts as gap disappears Detroit social media pages and posts are floating June 16th as the date for “connection” of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Taking and posting shots of the bridge from below by boat; from above by
Read MoreVFH REVIEW, PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS CITY OF TORONTO Submission by Peter Pellier For the record, I was a member of the Mississauga taxi industry as an owner-operator, and following Uber’s emergence in 2012, along with my colleagues, watched in horror as
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Industry pleased Minister is returning after Cabinet shuffle Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria retained his portfolio in the Cabinet shuffle announced by Premier Doug Ford on June 6th. However, Associate Minister Vijay Thanigasalam was moved to become Associate Minister of
Read MoreCity has not responded to letter Tom Conway, the litigator whose team won the recent Ottawa judgement in which Uber was declared a “bandit taxi company,” has written the City to propose a per-trip fee to compensate Taxi drivers who
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Taxi consultation “Just more of the same bullshit, an exercise in futility” When a Jew who survived Hitler’s Holocaust gives up on Toronto, the situation has got to be dire. Andy Reti has been an active member of Toronto’s Taxi
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“We will be back in touch with updates” Update 6am June 7: Toronto staff have confirmed that the consultations will proceed as scheduled Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire stakeholder consultations are scheduled to begin in the middle of a possible Toronto
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