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Originally Posted by Bunk
Regardless of one's feelings on the taxi industry as it stands or what reform has or hasn't happened, where is Uber's responsibility in this situation related to ride-sharing services? The City can't force Uber to do what it needs to do.
It seems very clear the City and the Mayor have been very open to enabling and the ball has been in Uber's court, no?
Naheed Nenshi @nenshi
@99spru @fusiliyyc well, Uber has known for many months what they need to do to fix. They are working on it, but chose to launch before done
Naheed Nenshi @nenshi 10h10 hours ago
@MoUsEsVloG uber has had years to solve the insurance gap that they are aware of and have been working on. They have not finished yet.
Again, I wouldn't dispute not enough has been done fast enough to fix the broken taxi system. It's not an easy knot to untangle due to the generations of layers of bad regulation, equity that's been created from a flawed licensing system (and therefore extremely expensive to dismantle buying out licences), etc.
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Nenshi has lost a lot of credibility in the past 24 hours.
His endless tweets that reference the same article over and over again are a tired argument that lines up perfectly in tow with the taxi industry.
What efforts has Nenshi made to encourage a dialogue at a provincial level? (Alberta government has not yet allowed insurance companies to sell the proper insurance to drivers).
Again, I've never seen an issue in Canada where elected officials are this relentlessly against the overwhelming popular opinion. It's disgusting.