Uber blinks as Quebec stands firm on training demands

Quebec’s newly minted transport minister laid down the law to Uber on Friday morning, granting a slight concession on police checks for drivers but maintaining a contentious demand that the service’s drivers undergo a 35-hour training program.
And within hours of that statement’s being made, the ride hailing service had quickly rethought its pledge to halt operations in Quebec as of Oct. 14.
“With the recent nomination of André Fortin at the Transport ministry, we