Ottawa Taxi Employer invites American ride-partition to take action

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As the fee war with the United States continues, the leader of Ottawa’s chief taxi companies continues an aggressive social media campaign to contain consumer and city government Buy local While riding around the city.

This means that the use of traditional taxi services is more than US-based ride-shaking services such as Uber and Lift.

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Mark Andre Way, Chairman and CEO of Coventry Links, which includes Blue Line, Coventry and Westway Cape companies, said: “I want politicians to understand who is providing transport. I want politicians to understand what is happening. They have allowed groups of US venture investors to enter the market with the looting price and tried to destroy the taxi sector.”

In fact, the taxi companies in Ottawa are, like most North American cities, Are severely beaten With the advent of ride-heling services, passengers can access drivers through phone apps. Uber came to the capital of Canada in 2014, followed by Lift in 2017.

Since 2014, the number of taxi drivers in Ottawa has shrunk from 2,000 to 1,200.

The Uber and Lift are usually cheaper than traditional toxic, but riding-shaking services are also subject to rise prices, ie high rates in peak periods.

The popularity of Ride-Hailing services blossomed around the world-the report shows that there are 18 million Uber rides daily-but the struggle for independent drivers get a good salary. Most of the profit goes south.

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It suggests that a material needs more attention. He says that when the proud Canadians are increasingly testing the domestic goods shop shelves for domestic goods in anti -Donald’s anti -Trump boycott, he says that people often do not think about who is driving around the city.

“Money is out of Canada,” Way said. “They will not invest in local football and hockey systems, Boys and Girls Club and Humanitarian habitats.”

There are many concerns that Way Twitter, Instagram and Taxi have shared in the outputs. He says that the same rules, regulations and labor codes of traditional taxi companies are not subject to the ride-shaking services. Taxi drivers, on the other hand, are union and provides better protection for themselves and passengers.

“Uber drivers have no (employment insurance), no advantages, no things,” he said. “They are not recognized as employees.”

By Mounting tensions at trading and payment ends.

At the beginning of February, Mayor Mark Sudkliff said it was working with the Ottawa Council on a program that “prioritize Canadian products and services on US products”.

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It should also contain ride-accounting applications, according to the way.

“All they do is violate the rules,” he said. “If you want to work in Canada, why not use fees?”

The Canadian-based ride-enchanting applications are only in the lower number.

Hower, a base -based site, has been operating since May 2004. It operates in a system that is part of the “membership fee” model for drivers, and the entire fee of the rides they offer is paid.

Rerid in Richmond, currently operating in other Manitoba communities, including Thunder Bay, Ont, Winnipeg and Wingler and Chelchirk.

Uride is another Canadian service that operates primarily in distant places in the country.

Way, the president of the Canadian Taxi Association, is trying to speed up his campaign in Ontario and other parts of the country.

Have become popular as ride-entertaining applicationsThey are banned in Denmark, Hungary, Thailand and Bulgaria, and they have limited access to Belgium, Turkey, Romania, Greece and Australia. Most of this is due to the loose regulations that manage independent drivers and the challenges of existing taxi companies.

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Interestingly, Uber lost significant business in 2017 when Joint Founder Travis Kalanic accepted a post as part of the Economic Advisory Committee during Trump’s first tenure. Following the setback, Colonic resigned.

kwarren@postMedia.com

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