by Natasha on Friday, January 27, 2012, 6:07 pm · 0 comments
A small family-owned business providing the only legal taxi service within a 30-mile radius is shutting down thanks to Premier Dad:
Under this new accessibility act, municipalities (who issue taxi licenses) are required to make sure that private transportation companies fit into their accessibility plan. [...]
Private taxi companies that do not comply face fines.
My mom found out about this new law when she went to renew her taxi license this week. The Municipality of Strong Township told her they have to review the law to see if she is even eligible to receive one.
Option 1: Buy an accessible van. Option 2: Shut the business down.
Unfortunately, accessible vans don’t come cheap, particularly to a business that barely manages to pay the bills. [...]
This one, seemingly harmless, law is shutting down at least one family business. I imagine there are other taxis in rural and remote Ontario towns facing the same problem.
It’s just an example of increased regulations doing damage to our economy. Ontario has become Canada’s big economic joke and the powers that be in Queen’s Park are still providing punchlines…
The radical Islamic regime in Iran armed with one nuclear weapon is a threat to the whole world. Iran has become a martyrdom-obsessed state run by religious fanatics bent on spreading Shiite Islam throughout the world.
The religious belief in Iran calls for chaos before the arrival of the hidden Imam, also known as the 12th Imam. Difficult as it may be for Western leaders to comprehend, Ahmedinejad believes he is on a messianic mission to create the apocalyptic chaos necessary to lay the foundations for the Coming of the 12th Imam or Mahdi and the establishment of a global Islamic caliphate…
Irish actor Liam Neeson has confirmed he is considering converting from Catholicism to Islam.
The Ballymena born star told the Irish Sun that Islamic prayer ‘got into his spirit’ while filming a new movie in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Neeson said: “The Call to Prayer happens five times a day and for the first week it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit and it’s the most beautiful, beautiful thing.
Likely trying to promote a lame movie of his soon to be released, so in typical Hollyweirdo-style he says something controversial to stir the pot — zzzzzzz…
Still, this from a guy who thought he knew better than the “Chronicles of Narnia” author C.S. Lewis regarding the author’s own work. Definitely no cure for Hollyweirdo stupidity…
Parking in Calgary: When Big Brother seizes control of your driveway: …many of Calgary’s enterprising residents see an opportunity: They’ve been turning to the Internet to rent their unused driveways and parking spots to people who are looking for a cheaper alternative. It’s a win-win situation for all the parties involved. Home and condo owners [...]
Transnational liberty abuse: Of the three others arrested Thursday, two were German citizens and one was Dutch. Three other defendants — another German, a Slovakian and an Estonian — remained at large. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which defends free speech and digital rights online, said in a statement that the arrests set “a terrifying precedent. [...]
Just makin’ it up as they go… With the planet being the coldest it has been for a decade it is comforting to know that the decrease in solar activity will not stop the run away global warming caused by obscene levels of atmospheric CO2 that the Earth is experiencing. Well that’s the story from [...]
This is just the latest from Brian Lilley on the seizure of registered weapons from law-abiding citizens. This is what the Liberal gun registry has allowed, but our “Conservative” government isn’t preventing: If you want more information on this topic, start here with: Abuse of power by the unelected: Hundreds of Canadians who followed the [...]
A little winter humor… Snow in Vancouver! Chilled Vancouver commuters faced their second day of winter hell today, as an additional 1/4 centimetre of the peculiar white stuff fell, bringing the lower mainland to its knees and causing millions of dollars worth of damage to the marijuana crops. Scientists suspect that the substance is some [...]
CBC & its “neutral” ombudsman Lapointe to apologize soon… zzzzzzz Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Chris Lewis has endorsed Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair’s account of the 911 calls Mayor Rob Ford made after a This Hour Has 22 Minutes comedian surprised him in his driveway in October. Blair privately asked Lewis to review the 911 [...]
No Hollyweirdo cash for Obama’s campaign: The blowup came after President Obama on Saturday dashed moguls’ hopes that he would remain on the sidelines in the dispute over the U.S. House Of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act and the U.S. Senate’s Protect IP Act. In a posting on the White House web site, three of [...]
Jeepers, yesterday he said that his reason for abandoning ship was that he “tripped and fell” into a lifeboat. Today, according to his brother-in-law: “He was not running away, he came down (from the ship) to survey the damage,” Russo said. Anybody taking odds on what the next excuse will be?
The Gentile updates us on The Oatmeal’s own personal success from yesterday’s protest against internet censorship. The original protest involved many sites and all have added to the success of numerous Congresscritters dropping their support for this Orwellian legislation. Keep up the pressure, Americans.
Scam that hit big box stores on the BC mainland has now made its way to Vancouver Island: Consumers who unwittingly bought the fraudulent Apple products opened the professionally sealed boxes only to find bags of modelling clay inside. Scam artists are buying the computers with cash, swapping the products out for hunks of clay, [...]
Fired for telling a harmless joke in class? You gotta be kidding… Actually, he was fired for not responding to a harassment complaint, the contents of which his employer refused to divulge. In other words, he had no clue what the complaint was about and therefore no way to defend himself. Proof that a “Social [...]
Well, Ford tried but more than half of the big-spending city councilors voted to keep what they can’t afford. And the G&M commenters with their “tax me more, please!” attitude seem pleased as punch: The original 2012 budget proposed saving money by moving swimming programs from some school pools to nearby community pools, hardly a [...]
The Red Star’s anti-Canada / pro-Islamist Siddiqui, as explained by The Gentile: …As always, pro-Islamic success monkeys will always tout Turkey as a shining example of democratic success for Muslims. Too bad Siddiqui’s shining example has been through three military coups, still refuses to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, has engaged in non-democratic and anti-Semitic activity [...]
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
~ C. S. Lewis ~
