Ride-sharing companies like UBER and LIFT are a step closer to coming to Saskatoon. City Council has approved drafting the necessary by-law to be ready for when regulations from the province’s Vehicle for Hire legislation come into effect sometime this fall. United Cabs Owner and President Scott Suppes feels the city should wait until after the provincial regulations are enacted. Kelly Frie of Comfort Cabs argues the city’s regulations for ride-sharing companies should be the same as taxi cab owners. Any amendments to the taxi by-law resulting from the rules for ride-sharing will be prepared pending completion of the city’s comprehensive Vehicle for Hire by-law in early 2019. City staff will also consult with stakeholders in areas like accessible and seasonal licences.
Another Step Forward for Ride-Sharing
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The Candian government wants the country’s banks to identify, in customers’ bank statements when they receive the carbon rebate, that it is labelled as such.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the lack of a clear identifier is contributing to confusion about carbon price rebates, so he is going to change the law if he has to in order to force the big banks to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits.
The first rebate deposits in 2022 were labelled very generically, which meant recipients had no idea why they were getting the money.
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