Friday, May 16, 2025
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Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley with supporters. Photo: Twitter
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Notley’s carbon tax largest tax hike in Alberta history

Guest Contributor

The Alberta election is officially underway, and early polls indicate the results will be close. Though there are several parties contesting this election, only two parties can win:  the United Conservative Party (UCP), led by Premier Danielle Smith, and the Alberta NDP, led by former premier Rachel Notley.

Rachel Notley served as Premier of Alberta from 2015 – 2019. The NDP election victory in 2015 came as a shock not only to Alberta, but to the country. 
What did Notley and her NDP government accomplish during her time in office?

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Giorgio Mammoliti talks to City Taxi's Paul Sekhon and driver/owners. Photo: Taxi News
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Mammoliti promises to end “open entry,” fix insurance for Taxis if elected mayor

Rita Smith

Giorgio Mammoliti promised that if elected Toronto’s mayor, he will end open entry for Vehicles for Hire and make his first phone call to Doug Ford and tell him to “fix Taxi insurance.”
Mammoliti was speaking at an event organized for members of the Taxi industry in a North York banquet hall on May 15th.

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Giorgio Mammoliti to host Taxi industry meeting May 15, 7pm

Rita Smith

Mayoralty candidate Giorgio Mammoliti will host a Taxi industry event May 15th at 7pm. The event will take place at 55 Barber Greene Road in the Don Mills area of North York.

Mammoliti told Taxi News “It’s time to focus on family, faith, and the future of Toronto. The Taxi industry was treated very badly by Toronto in recent years, and it’s time to look forward to building a whole new future for those who have invested in this industry.”

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Twenty years after I first shared by cabbie's no-nonsense advice, I was relieved and surprised when my daughter said, "That was good advice, by the way." Photo: Paul J. Lawrence
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Lessons from Cab Drivers

Rita Smith

Given my early-and-often positive experiences with Toronto cab drivers,
it’s probably not surprising I ended up working with  the industry for much of my adult life.
The drivers, brokerage owners, and fleet managers are truly the salt of the Earth.

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The Teddy award goes to the government official who most notably wasted taxpayer dollars. Photo: CTF
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“Teddy” awarded to GG Simon for extreme waste of taxpayers’ dollars

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation presented its 25th annual Teddy Waste Awards to the governor general for racking up sky-high bills for airplane food; the Quebec government’s app that made people line up for hours; and, a Charlottetown councillor who built her driveway around a power pole and charged taxpayers for moving it.

“Governor General Mary Simon’s bill for airplane food on one trip was almost double the prime minister’s grocery bill for the whole year and, for that amazing accomplishment, she’s winning a Teddy Award,” said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF.

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