By Vito Pilieci, Ottawa Citizen, September 16, 2014
The service hasn’t secured a licence to operate in the nation’s capital, but
officials from Uber will be setting up shop at the Westin in downtown Ottawa
over the next three days to sign up interested drivers. The company, which
offers an alternative service to taxi cabs, took a similar path when setting up
in Toronto earlier this year. It rolled out it’s UberX ride-sharing program
without obtaining any of the necessary licences to do so, attracting the
attention of the city’s lawyers. via
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