Taxi service whiners

[Frankunderwood]

Uber uber uber. Yessss

Personally, I love Uber, but keep in mind that the UberX drivers in Toronto aren't insured for the service that they're offering. If you were ever in a serious accident, you would have some work to do to get your injuries covered. Stick with Uber Black if you can.

 

[Hard Idle]

Just curious to know what regulations regular taxis are saddled with?

Cause just about every regular taxi I've ever been in has been a piece of shit on wheels.

It's not really implemented regulations - it's lots of money in fees. Just as licensed building inspectors or electrical contractors have to pay fees every year to stay licensed even in years when there is no re-training or upgrading to do.

If the city unburdened the taxi franchises and plate owners, they'd have to make up this money through some more visible and probably unpopular fees or taxes.

As for vehicle fitness, don't worry, kijiiji already has ads from car scavangers pitching cheap high-mileage wrecks to aspiring Uber operators. In good time when the honeymoon phase is over there will be plenty of Uber cars with bad brakes, rusted out seat bolts and cracking tires.

 

[Hard Idle]

We should also have an Uber for the trades. Plumbers, electricians, ACH guys, roofers, etc. charge way too much.

Every cheat and cheapster dreams of finding a shortcut and dealing with charlatans, its all very attractive until somebody's kids drown in an in back yard being used as an unlicensed daycare .... or until 3 families loose their homes & valuables because the guy two doors down from them hired a fly-by-night outfit to build an extension and the fire at the site spread to the neighbors... or until a sex offender somehow ends up working in a private summer camp or swimming school because they thought it was too expensive to run all the check on every single volunteer...

All that needless and avoidable loos drains money from the economy and gets passed on to us in many ways including higher fees and tougher terms for insurace being just one example.

Protected dairy farmers and government subsidized auto workers complaining about the TPP deal

Do you really believe for a minute that the Chinese auto part suppliers we are competing with are truly independent entities in which the Chinese state has no role or interest??