Toronto mayor calls for meeting with Uber, cab company reps – Chilliwack

“We need to have that fair regulation”, he said.

“The drivers are suffering, and they’re suffering bad”.

Tory made the promise at city hall on Monday morning following a sit-down meeting with representatives from the taxi industry and Uber. Be this on account of the fact that the mayor is in dialogue with the two sides or because the top brass at Toronto’s cab companies understand that holding the city hostage would be a PR disaster, it’s still good news. “The faster this process can go forward, the better”.

Taxi industry officials weren’t entirely placated after the meeting, as some heckled Black while he spoke to media, shouting “no” and “not legal” when he said UberX operates legally in the city.

With the Pan Am games due to start Friday, before new bylaws could be created, Tory said there would be “some level of enforcement” for Uber drivers and taxi drivers in place during the games.

“This is a very big, challenging task”, Tory said.

We may not know when Uber is setting up shop in Hamilton-Burlington, but we do, or should, know that like almost all disruptive technologies, it will arrive at some point.

The judge in that case ruled the City of Toronto had failed to demonstrate a breach by Uber of its by-laws.

Uber had argued it is a communications service that connects passengers and drivers, and thus wasn’t subject to the city’s bylaws. Lama Nicolas on how the court decision means the dispute is heating up. He said the city will likely file an appeal to Dunphy’s decision.

“What we need is one bylaw that applies without question to everybody”, Tory said.