Nine cab companies filed a petition asking the
The cab companies argued that the board's decisions were "patently unreasonable," because they allowed
The companies, including Yellow Cab and Black Top Cabs, claimed that the board failed to consider whether there was a public need for an unlimited number of ride-hailing cars in the province.
The board also did not consider whether granting unlimited licences to
The cab companies said that the board had extensive evidence before it describing the economic harm suffered by taxi operators in other jurisdictions as a result of allowing unlimited ride-hailing.
However, Justice
"In each of the decisions, the board devotes numerous paragraphs to discussing whether an indeterminate fleet size will promote sound economic conditions in the passenger transportation industry," she wrote in the decision dated
"This is not a deferral of a decision or a failure to consider the issue of fleet size. I would go so far as to say that the board made a very common sense decision in the circumstances."
The board's decisions were made one year ago, on
Wilkinson added there is nothing in the board's decisions that is "obviously untenable" or "clearly irrational," and therefore they cannot be considered "patently unreasonable."
She dismissed the petition and granted costs to
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"Navigating the pandemic has made it clear that
The arrival of ride-hailing in Metro Vancouver early last year, long after it was already common in many other Canadian cities, was contentious.
The provincial government has said it spent two years developing legislation and regulations in advance of ride-hailing licences being approved by the
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