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An Ottawa cabbie caught on video using vulgar and racially charged language outside the Rideau Centre earlier this month had a suspended driver’s license, according to the city.
Taxi driver Fawad Karimi also didn’t have a municipal licence to drive a cab.
Both revelations emerged Friday after a hearing to review the status of Karimi’s taxi licence had to be withdrawn because there was no licence to make a decision about.
“The driver had not renewed his annual taxicab driver’s licence at the end of April 2015, and as a result, was not eligible to drive a taxicab, including on the date in question. Given the unlicensed status, there was no possibility to impose discipline on a license that was no longer in effect,” said Philip Powell, program manager for licensing, permits and markets in a statement.
Karimi hasn’t been driving a taxi since the June 10 incident, the city said. It was not clear why Karimi’s driver’s licence was suspended.
Powell said the city’s bylaw and regulatory services branch is continuing its investigation into the unlicensed conduct, which is a violation of the law and may be subject to prosecution before the courts.
In a minute-long video taken by a bystander and uploaded to YouTube, the Capital Taxi driver is seen shouting at least two dozen profanities at security guards, including a racial slur hurled at a black officer, while being calmly asked to move for an approaching ambulance. The video has drawn nearly 320,000 views and added to the debate over the emergency of unregulated, Internet-dispatched taxi services, with some calling the incident an example of the rising stress felt by traditional cabbies.
Capital Taxi parent firm Coventry Connections suspended the driver “immediately” and told him that he would no longer be able to work for any of its taxi fleets, according to Coventry chief executive Hanif Patni.
Warning: this YouTube video contains extremely offensive language.
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Taxi driver Fawad Karimi also didn’t have a municipal licence to drive a cab.
Both revelations emerged Friday after a hearing to review the status of Karimi’s taxi licence had to be withdrawn because there was no licence to make a decision about.
“The driver had not renewed his annual taxicab driver’s licence at the end of April 2015, and as a result, was not eligible to drive a taxicab, including on the date in question. Given the unlicensed status, there was no possibility to impose discipline on a license that was no longer in effect,” said Philip Powell, program manager for licensing, permits and markets in a statement.
Karimi hasn’t been driving a taxi since the June 10 incident, the city said. It was not clear why Karimi’s driver’s licence was suspended.
Powell said the city’s bylaw and regulatory services branch is continuing its investigation into the unlicensed conduct, which is a violation of the law and may be subject to prosecution before the courts.
In a minute-long video taken by a bystander and uploaded to YouTube, the Capital Taxi driver is seen shouting at least two dozen profanities at security guards, including a racial slur hurled at a black officer, while being calmly asked to move for an approaching ambulance. The video has drawn nearly 320,000 views and added to the debate over the emergency of unregulated, Internet-dispatched taxi services, with some calling the incident an example of the rising stress felt by traditional cabbies.
Capital Taxi parent firm Coventry Connections suspended the driver “immediately” and told him that he would no longer be able to work for any of its taxi fleets, according to Coventry chief executive Hanif Patni.
Warning: this YouTube video contains extremely offensive language.
查看原文...
