Chow has already acknowledged that the special treatment given to Uber was unfair, and that the ground transportation industry needs reform Olivia Chow is Toronto’s new mayor. Chow, a former City Councillor, widow of federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leader
Read MoreJuly 4th and 5th have been reserved for oral submissions in the Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa trial. Observers expect that a decision from the judge on the liability issue will come in the late fall 2023 or winter of 2024.
Following Judge Smith’s s decision on liability, there will the be evidence and argument over damages.
If the City of Ottawa is found liable, the judgement could be as much as $215,000,000, plus pre-and post-judgment interest, plus costs.
Monday June 26th is Election Day in the City of Toronto. Citizens will vote for a replacement for former Mayor John Tory in a special by-election. Information regarding where to vote and what kind of identification is required can be
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Photo by Ian Cumming. Originally posted to the Ontario Farmer Facebook page, the accompanying text read: “Trucks parked on Wellington Street in Ottawa on January 29, 2022.”
Agricultural journalist says it was wildly larger than reported by Donna Laframboise “I come from a long line of farmers,” says Ian Cumming, who covered the Freedom Convoy for the Ontario Farmer newspaper. Which means, he says, he grew up with truckers. On
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This slide was part of the March 28, 2023 webinar with the City of Toronto and Cara Clairman, President and CEO of Plug’n Drive. Image: Toronto.ca
The City of Toronto’s staff report, outlining the vehicle-for-hire industry’s transition to net-zero emissions by 2030, is now expected at the Economic and Community Development Committee (ECDC) this fall. It was originally expected to be presented at the ECDC meeting
Read MoreThe questions and answers used as Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) testing program have been collected and posted to several sites on YouTube.
“All questions a real test questions, collected from those who took the test recently,” says to opening slide of Simplifoo’s YouTube page. “Hope this will definitely help you.”
Another site, run by Maple Leaf Tamil, has more than 10,000 views.
Because the VFH test is administered to drivers using their own cell phones to take the test, drivers could keep YouTube open during the test to check for the correct answer.
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To view Peterson's full video message to the Truckers' Freedom Convoy, scroll to the bottom of this post and click on the white arrow in the red box.
A disciplinary hearing for Canadian clinical psychologist Jordon Peterson will begin today. Because the hearing is not accessible to the public by video conference, Christine Van Geyn of the Canadian Constitution Foundation will be live-tweeting the proceedings as exhaustively as possible.
Read MoreMayoral candidate Olive Chow was the guest speaker at an event organized by the West Etobicoke Multicultural Association and the Taxi industry on June 18. “I came to Canada. when I was 13. My father was a teacher, a school
Read MoreMohamoud told the room, “I’d like to tell you that we sent a letter to the top six candidate for mayor. And we asked them a simple questions: a request fair treatment, fair regulations, and if they win, are they willing to listen to us, to work with us? We only got one response: from Olivia,” he said.
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