Taxi Drivers' Fight for Fair Compensation

0:00Quebec taxi drivers are taking their fight to Canada's Supreme Court after losing a big appeals court ruling on compensation from the 2019 taxi reforms. Around 7,000 drivers in the class action won a $219 million, claiming the province wiped out their valuable permits. Without fair pay, like a hidden land grab. But the appeals court said those permits weren't real property, so no expropriation rules applied. For Uber shook things up, the government capped taxi permits per region, letting owners sell or lease them like assets. In Montreal, they hit over $200,000 each, with folks using them for mortgages, passing the kids, or renting out in retirement. The reforms scrapped that system to open doors for ride hailing. These drivers, mostly older folks, saw their nest eggs vanish overnight. Lawyers describe it as, shattering retirement plans for families who bet everything on those permits as their main wealth.

1:00Now the team plans to file for Supreme Court leave right away, arguing the appeals decision has major legal flaws and huge public stakes on property, rights versus government changes. This could say rules on when reforms hit like theft, keeping eyes on how the top court picks its battles for the bigger picture. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI.