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Rita Smith

@ritagsmith

Communications professional

 Toronto
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Joined August 2010
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Today in Road Warrior News and Taxi News: -Chow suggest local Taxis, rideshare, stops short of boycotting Uber in tariff fight -Northern Ontario deserves safer highways: Op Ed -“Thank You, Truckers!” book launch at Bikers’ Church roadwarriornews.com/thank-yo…… @OttawaTaxiFleet @KristineHubbard @MayorOliviaChow #TOpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli @Truckers4hwys @TTSAO @WTFC7 @NOconsensus
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Please join us in Ottawa tonight!
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Advice from a mother of 10 open.substack.com/pub/ritasm…
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You could argue with someone about something, all day every day. Honest to God. ritasmith.substack.com/p/hon…
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It wasn't Laura Secord that warned the British It was Mark Carney #CarneyLies
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After receiving his Oscar for his performance in 1971's "The French Connection", Gene Hackman thanked Mark Carney for "teaching me everything there is to know about being a great actor". #CarneyLies
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Mark Carney gave the 11 secret herbs & spices to Harland Sanders in 1928. When Sanders tried to pay him for the recipe, Carney said "That's OK Harland, I don't need the money, I have a printing press (which he also invented)" #CarneyLies
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He actually said "high-spiel," maybe his most honest statement ever? roadwarriornews.com/trudeau-… @Hans_Wienhold @ianconnerty @EAGLESTAXI #cdnpoli

Trudeau promises “high-spiel” railway project

5 years to plan railway from Toronto to Quebec City Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced that Canada is developing a high-speed rail network in the Toronto-Quebec City corridor. He referre…

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Today in Road Warrior News and Taxi News: -Taxi firms support “Shop Local” anti-tariff campaigns -Paul Kearley’s little-known secret of success -Spencer Fernando: Don’t give up on Canada! roadwarriornews.com/taxi-fir… @OttawaTaxiFleet @KristineHubbard #TOpoli #ONpoli #CDNpoli @ianconnerty @Hans_Wienhold @MayorOliviaChow @_MarkSutcliffe @paulkearley @SpencerFernando

Taxi firms support “Shop local” anti-tariff campaigns

90 per cent of Uber revenues leave Canada immediately As US president Donald Trump floated the idea of imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods earlier this month, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe…

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Today in Road Warrior News and Taxi News: --On the 3rd anniversary: the truth about the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy roadwarriornews.com/the-trut… #ONpoli #CDNpoli @NOconsensus @WTFC7 @TTSAO @CarolynHonkhonk @VincentFavreau3 @Truckers4hwys @ianconnerty @Hans_Wienhold @jeffreytucker
The truth about the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy

The truth about the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy

Who were these men and women? Where did they come from, what did they believe, why did they do what they did? February 14th Update: This article has been updated since it originally ran on February…

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Switched to Téo Taxi from Uber today in support of the Canadian economy post Trump tarrifs. Spoiler: it’s significantly better!! Lower prices, way faster, all electric and nice drivers!
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Today in Taxi News/Road Warrior News: --Council “just punting” VFH cap issue: RDAO --Ontario takes over 1,000 Islands Parkway maintenance --Andy Reti: The Deputation I Did Not Give roadwarriornews.com/toronto-…… #TOpoli #ONpoli @PrabSarkaria @EAGLESTAXI @earlwithana @RDAOSocial
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Today in Taxi News/RWN: -Paula Fletcher concerned about “unidentified PTCs” “We don’t know who you are” roadwarriornews.com/fletcher… #TOpoli #ONpoli @OttawaTaxiFleet @earlwithana @RDAOSocial @ridefairTO @OACPOfficial @TPSOperations @KristineHubbard @jafarmirsalari @WTFC7
Fletcher concerned about “unidentified PTCs”

Fletcher concerned about “unidentified PTCs”

“There’s no identifier, and yet, there they are picking somebody up” Click on white arrow at left to view video. Unidentified Private Transportation Vehicles in Toronto’s downtown core “doing…

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EX19.3Analysis of Driver Wages in the Vehicle-for-Hire Industry generated interesting questions. Motion to ask other levels of government for help seems like a nice thought; but Chow did that last week. The only other motion is in-camera and Top Secret, so we're not allowed to know what it is. roadwarriornews.com/chow-ask… #TOpoli
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Mr. Khan was a cab driver. "1857, 2024....same thing. Slavery. Same colour people: brown." Sad, and hard to hear.
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Trying to provide a glimmer of Hope to all Toronto's driver's before Tuesday's Executive Committee meeting...an all-time favourite story. #TOpoli #ONpoli @earlwithana @RDAOSocial @ridefairTO @KristineHubbard @OttawaTaxiFleet @EAGLESTAXI @oliviachow roadwarriornews.com/be-ready…

Be ready for any surprise

I dragged myself to the Committee meeting room and took my seat in the row of speakers. Everyone was there for the same reason: to ask for funds for their program from the limited Tourism budget. M…

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Toronto's Vehicle for Hire review offers thousands and thousands of words, when really what is needed is one solid number. Who actually believes Toronto needed 5000 Taxis in 2016, and 85,000 VFH in 2024? All eyes are on Olivia Chow now... roadwarriornews.com/having-8… #TOpoli #ONpoli @KristineHubbard @OttawaTaxiFleet @BenSpurr @dmrider @anthonyfurey @earlwithana @RDAO @ridefairTO @EAGLESTAXI @ianconnerty

Having 85,000 vehicles for hire IS the problem

Ensure eternal angst by freezing the number exactly where it is Let’s be real: 85,000 VFH represents no ‘cap’ at all; it’s just a language game…You could permit 500,000 or a…

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Today in RWN/Taxi News: --Trudeau’s EV mandate is NOT realistic: McTeague --New legislation to restrict bike lanes, raise speed limits introduced --Raising speed limit likely to increase congestion --Government fails both Taxi and Uber drivers – Pellier roadwarriornews.com/raising-… @TTSAOontario @WTFC7 @theleadpedal @GasPriceWizard @PrabSarkaria #TOpoli #ONpoli
Raising speed limit likely to increase congestion

Raising speed limit likely to increase congestion

“Weather changes, and we’ve got 50 cars lined behind a truck” Increasing speed limits on the 400-series highways for personal automobiles to 110 km/hour while leaving transport tr…

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Today in RWN/Taxi News: --Uber drivers permitted to protest at Pearson --Welcome to the wild, wild west! Why don’t we enforce the laws we have? roadwarriornews.com/uber-pro… #TOpoli #ONpoli @OttawaTaxiFleet
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