By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, July 7, 2015
If the city wants to crack down on Uber, the only way to do it is with
time-consuming stings on drivers, thanks to a new Ontario court ruling that Uber
itself isn’t an illegal taxi company. If the decision had gone the other way, it
would have meant cities like Toronto and Ottawa could have gone after the
company itself. Traditional taxi drivers in both cities are demanding that,
because Uber’s smartphone-based ride-booking service is shredding their
business. Their union reps warn that they’re going broke and might just go “out
of control” one day. via
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