Item - 2025.MM29.22

Tracking Status

City Council adopted this item on April 23 and 24, 2025 without amendments.

MM29.22 - Requiring Vehicle-For-Hire Companies to Provide Emergency Driver Contact Information to Customers and Toronto Police Services - by Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Adopted

Wards:: All

City Council Decision

City Council on April 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the Toronto Police Service, to consult with Vehicle-For-Hire Industry and recommend any changes to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 546, Licensing of Vehicles-For-Hire, that could require licensees to take greater accountability to directly assist customers and law enforcement in emergency situations in an urgent manner; and whether such requirements could become a condition of licenses to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards.

Background Information (City Council)

Member Motion MM29.22
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-254892.pdf

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Motion to Introduce Motion without Notice moved by Councillor Mike Colle (Carried)

That Councillor Mike Colle be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning:

Requiring Vehicle-For-Hire Companies to Provide Emergency Driver Contact Information to Customers and Toronto Police Services

Reason for Urgency:

This Motion is urgent due to the already demonstrated and possibly imminent danger to Vehicle-For-Hire customers if this risk remains unaddressed in the City of Toronto’s regulatory framework governing Vehicle-For-Hire companies and drivers.