The complainant, a racialized taxi driver, alleged that the City of Toronto discriminated against him and other racialized drivers by introducing the Ambassador taxi licence program and ceasing to issue Standard licences.
The complainant argued that Ambassador licences, which are non-transferable and do not permit a second driver, disproportionately disadvantaged racialized men who predominantly hold them.
The Tribunal dismissed the complaint, finding that while Ambassador licence owners are predominantly racialized and the licence has disadvantages compared to a Standard licence, the complainant failed to establish a connection between the disadvantage and the prohibited grounds of race, colour, ethnic origin, or place of origin.
