Toronto's previous administration actively expanded and promoted private car use by de-regulating the vehicle-for-hire sector to add 90,000 Uber/Lyft cars to Toronto's transportation mix.
NOW Magazine
Hot Docs 2021: Meet the Toronto activists taking on Uber
As films about gig work screen at Hot Docs, a new coalition wants to change the public narrative around ride-hailing and delivery apps By Julia Mastroianni
Samuel Engelking
The subject of a short doc, RideFairTO s JJ Fueser, Brendan Agnew-Iler and Thorben Wieditz want to change how Torontonians think about gig work.
RIDE FAIR (Javier Lovera), 7 minutes;
THE GIG IS UP (Shannon Walsh), 88 minutes. Both films available Thursday (April 29) at 10 am to May 9. hotdocs.ca
In the short documentary Ride Fair, JJ Fueser, Brendan Agnew-Iler and Thorben Wieditz meet virtually to discuss how private tech companies are increasingly becoming entwined in public policy.