Freedom Convoy Trucks in Ottawa, February 2022. Photo: Donna Laframboise Listen now: Donna Laframboise discusses her upcoming Freedom Convoy book
Marco Navarro-Génie, founding president of the Haultain Research Institute and host of the Thought Farming podcast, recently interviewed journalist Donna Laframboise on her upcoming book on Canada’s 2022 Freedom Convoy. Listen to this interview, “Bearing Witness for Liberty,” by clicking
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In the decade since rideshare has been legalized, drivers have realized how much money it costs to pay for fuel and vehicle maintenance. Many are protesting now in hopes of keeping more of their earnings. All of this information was available to governments in 2014, before the "wild wild west" was created in ground transportation. Photo: Earla Philips 
Photo: Ontario Provincial Police - North West Region May 1 “Make Trucking a skilled trade” instructor writes
“This article really hit home” John DeGroot writes Letter to the Editor, Road Warrior News I recently saw this article and it really hit home as I have been preaching these same points for years. It seems the quality of drivers
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Driver Examiner Pat Grey provided RWN with a memo received by staff on the topic of fraud and bribery. Fraud in Trucker testing reaching frightening new levels: examiner
Fake Trucking school owner hired as Ontario examiner Ontario has been dealing with fraud in the driver examination sector for years. Now, an experienced examiner tells RWN they fear the fraudsters are actually being hired as examiners. Pat Grey, the
Read More Photo: Ontario Provincial Police - North West Region May 1 Top 7 ways to tell a Trucker paid for a “bad” school
Is there a way to determine whether a Truck driver in Ontario has graduated from a legitimate Trucking school or one of the “fake” organizations selling fraudulent credentials? On April 9th, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) released its report “Commercial
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Checker's QR code on the cab door. Image: Leo Perez Creative Taxi ads must show tangible results, specialists insist
“If you’re spending and there is no return, stop. Don’t keep trying. Pivot. Don’t waste money,” Shayna Haddon of Haddon Strategies told the April CTA Zoom webinar. Haddon has managed Beck Taxi’s advertising in Toronto for many years. On the
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Image: https://gigworkers.ca/ Union Station area for May 1st gig workers’ protest
Rumours of possible Uber demonstration at Pearson In Toronto, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, and limo drivers are being invited to join “Round 2” of protests in opposition to the unfair labour and business practices used by gig companies. “The rolling
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Cars and computers are just two of the consumer products caught up in the "right to repair" debate. Photo: Taxi News Ontario (might get the) Right to Repair
An overview of Bill 187 the Right to Repair Consumer Electronic Products, Household Appliances, Wheelchairs, Motor Vehicles and Farming Heavy Equipment Act, 2024 McMillan LLP – Lindsay Lorimer, Rachel Cooper, Stevie O’Brien, Timothy Cullen and Adelaide Egan The Ontario legislature has taken the first step to pass
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