“ Ride sharing legislation is long overdue in BC ”, remarked BC Conservative interim leader Scott Anderson several months ago. “ While the rest of the world is embracing this transportation revolution, BC is only now staggering slowing towards legislation that’s been mainstreamed for over a decade in other jurisdiction. This is really unacceptable ”. That situation my friends, continues still to this day. “ The NDP introduced a supposed ride-sharing framework that blocks major companies like Uber and Lyft from entering the market – and when our caucus suggested changes to make this framework workable, we were ignored by both the government and the Greens ,” says Stephanie Cadieux, deputy chair of the committee and MLA for Surrey South. “ Now several months later, the all-party committee has made the same suggestions. The NDP needs to put ideology aside and implement these recommendations to finally bring real ridesharing to BC .” ...
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