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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Oh there's a couple in this thread that are clearly against Uber and keep making the same arguments, that really have nothing to do with the point you just made (not talking about Resolute).
Uber is a desirable service that many, many people want here. While I agree that Uber needs to be meeting city by laws, you can't deny that the City has gone out of their way to ensure they can't operate here. All you need to do is watch that video of Nenshi spewing his Uber hate and see that's the case. What works in Edmonton, should work here.
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Edmonton's policy is anti competitive and ensures that entrance to the market for large providers like uber and cab companies is far cheaper then groups with less than 200 cars.
There are people in this thread who find the business model of uber exploitive. This does not mean they are anti ubers entrance to the market.
I would disagree that the city has went out of their way to make it difficult once they actually decided to act. The inaction on the city prior to uber operating was terrible and their handling in general of the livery bylaw was clearly in the best interests of plate owners and not Calgarians.
Since they changed the bylaw I don't believe you can blame the city anymore. Uber believes it has political leverage over the city by leaving Edmonton with the service and Calgary without. Our bylaw is less costly and less restrictive than New York which really set the standard for cities providing effective bylaws for Uber.