By Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, November 18, 2014

Increasing penalties for “bandit taxis” -- a term the City of Ottawa has slapped
on ride-sharing company Uber -- is still under consideration by Ontario’s
transportation minister. “I will continue to examine whether there are
appropriate, additional measures that could be undertaken to deter the operation
of illegal taxis,” Steven Del Duca said in an e-mail to the Sun. via
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