A class action lawsuit has been filed against Uber on behalf of Ontario tax drivers:
The law suit is seeking over $400 million in damages and an injunction preventing Uber from operating in Ontario.
Although law from other jurisdictions is not binding on courts in British Columbia, the courts will most certainly take these rulings into consideration. The results of this case are, therefore, likely to have implications across the rest of Canada. That being said, this is not the first time that Uber has run into legal trouble. Just a little under 2 months ago, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that Uber was not a akin to a taxi service and dismissed an action brought by the City of Toronto:
That, however, did not end Uber’s run in with the city. The City of Toronto has pledged to both legislate and have meetings with both Uber and the taxi companies to come to a “mutually agreeable solution”. If this were Vancouver – where lobbyist from the taxi company have limited supply and forced prices for taxi licenses to spiral above the 1 million mark – I’d have little hope for Uber in any such agreement. In Toronto, however, taxi licenses have now fallen to the $100,000 mark:
http://globalnews.ca/news/1780260/toronto-taxi-licence-prices-are-plummeting-is-uber-to-blame/
The taxi drivers in Toronto may have a genuine grievance.
