Local taxi services and a Canadian ride-share app have penned a letter imploring Toronto City Council to ban Uber and Lyft from city phones as part of the municipality’s “buy Canadian” strategy to counter U.S. tariffs.
Toronto City Council passed a motion to launch a “buy Canadian” campaign on Feb. 5 in the face of tariff threats from the U.S. and to procure local and domestic products wherever possible
“We urge you to extend both campaigns to include the taxi and ride-hail industry,” reads a letter signed by Beck, Co-op Cabs, Toronto 1 Taxi and Canadian ride-hailing app, HOVR.
