Road Warrior News

01/07/2025

Today in Taxi News & Road Warrior News:
On Canada Day, let’s face the ugly truth: Canada is failing

Will Canadians choose truth, democracy and freedom over lies, fascism and slavery? My son has returned from two years of fighting in Ukraine. Miraculously, he arrived home in one piece, uninjured, safe and sound (thanks be to God!) Last week,

25/06/2025

Today in Taxi News & Road Warrior News:
Tom Marazzo’s EPIC explanation:
--EVs are not about carbon: they’re about control
And, in case you missed this totally related issue:
--Cory Doctorow nails it with the “ENSH*TTIFICATION” of everything including electric vehicles

Mandates collapsing your ability to move freely by Tom Marazzo The federal government just locked in their 2035 ban on gas-powered vehicles. It sounds bold. Climate-driven. “Forward-thinking.” But it’s not. It’s a distraction. Like a magician using sleight of hand,

23/06/2025

Today in Taxi News & Road Warrior News:
-Elon Musk takes 20 friends for a Cybercab ride in Austin
-Taxi scam gangs “a kick in the teeth”

Safety monitor in front passenger seat during geofenced rides Elon Musk offered rides to about 20 of his special friends in Austin, Texas on June 22nd. The trials were geofenced, limited to a specialized zone in the city and available

20/06/2025

No licensed Taxi drivers involved in Toronto Police "Project Fare" as 300 charges laid against gang accused of scamming passengers' debit, credit cards:
"ALL LEGITIMATE TAXI DRIVERS TAKE CASH"

Police bust suspects masquerading as legitimate Taxi operators “Legitimate taxi drivers will never refuse cash.” Detective David Coffey Toronto police have busted an organized gang now charged with criminal acts in the hundreds of so-called “Taxi scams” which took place

18/06/2025

Today in Road Warrior News & Taxi News:
--VFH emergency contact consultation a fresh opportunity to improve passenger safety
--Canadian businesses brace for turbulence: Chamber

Experience: recognizing a mistake the second time you make it When John Tory re-wrote Toronto’s Taxi by-law to give Uber special privileges in 2016, professionals who care and worry about passenger safety were aghast. In one fell swoop, virtually all

16/06/2025

Today in Road Warrior News & Taxi News:
No progress on VFH emergency contact consultations
Towing industry investigation yields massive charges of extortion, violence

Motion to consult with VFH industry passed April 23 As of June 17, industry consultation around Vehicle for Hire emergency contact information systems have not been scheduled by Toronto staff. Licensing and Standards staff were directed to conduct the consultations

30/05/2025

Today in Road Warrior News & Taxi News:
--Does Hopp actually believe Toronto needs more Vehicles for Hire cruising gridlocked streets, or is this expansion part of an IPO bid?
R.I.P., on-demand Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles

Because 85,000 VFH are not enough to completely annihilate the Wheelchair Accessible program? Toronto media is beyond ironic this week. First, the CBC covered the fact that 98 of Beck Taxi’s 100 wheelchair accessible vehicles will be off the road

22/05/2025

Today in Road Warrior News & Taxi News:
--Holocaust survivor Andy Reti speaks to high school classes
--Will Freedom Trucker Chris Barber be cleared?

20/05/2025

Today in Road Warrior News & Taxi News:
--Freedom Convoy’s Harold Jonker cleared of all charges
--Liberal war on our cost of living: Dan McTeague

Victory for Truckers in Superior Court decision OTTAWA, ON: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased to announce that Harold Jonker, a trucking company owner, has been acquitted on all charges related to his peaceful involvement in the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest

13/05/2025

Good news for drivers in Ontario budget:

12/05/2025

Today in Road Warrior News & Taxi News:
--New Transport Minister tomorrow?
--Liberals creep closer to majority through recounts

Freeland’s tenure unmarred by action It’s possible Canada may receive a new Transport Minister on Tuesday, May 13. Governor General Mary Simon has confirmed through an announcement that Mark Carney’s new Cabinet will be sworn in at Rideau Hall at

09/05/2025

Today in Road Warrior News & Taxi News
--Ontario targets fob devices in vehicle thefts
--US rolls back EV requirements
--Under New Management: attitude change with Paul Kearley

35 House Democrats are supporting President Donald Trump use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA), to kill electric vehicle (EV) standards for the nation. A Republican resolution aimed at repealing the Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) move passed by a