Stop appeals for taxi drivers with criminal records, report recommends

A report going before the community and public services committee next week recommends changes to a bylaw surrounding criminal record rules for taxi drivers by tweaking language for clarity and preventing appeals to refusals of driver applications.
The report comes after council members disagreed on how the vehicle-for-hire bylaw should be interpreted and what counts as a related offence as some taxi drivers were getting licences despite having criminal convictions including domestic assault and