An Ottawa taxi driver says he lost a fortune and had his retirement dreams dashed after Uber and Lyft rolled into the capital.
Ziad Mezher testified this week as part of the Ottawa taxi industry's $215 million class-action lawsuit againsg the city. The suit alleges the city was negligent and discriminatory when it changed rules to allow ride-sharing services to operate, penalizing cab operators who lost fares.“It wasn’t a safe place, so I choose to come here with my brother, his wife and two kids,” Mezher said. “I started working at a bakery at the beginning.
“There is no limit there is no regulation and in my concern, it's illegal,” says Mezher. “You [taxi drivers] cannot operate up to now without following all the regulations all the paperwork all the licensing, the care meters, the cameras, the education, it costs a lot.” “The state of the industry is not great. Our drivers are trying to make a living and they’re working longer hours,” says Marc Andre Way, president and CEO of Coventry Connections Inc., which operates a number of taxi fleets.
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