The new rules aren’t even strong enough; the CRA calculates the mileage rate every year, yet BC is letting companies get away with paying about half the CRA rate. Why? Tips should be just that—a tip, not required so they can cover their vehicle costs.

If people can’t afford to pay minimum wage + mileage, then they shouldn’t get service. Go pick it up yourself, or make a frozen pizza or something. Or take public transit or a (regulated) taxi.

I have some sympathy for those with disabilities who can’t drive and need to deal with abysmal public transit wait times, but their disability doesn’t trump gig workers’ rights to the minimum wage.

I mean, if you can afford to pay your workers a living wage, then you can’t afford to field that job in the first place.

Getting rid of a company that pays my neighbor poverty wages is better for my community (and therefore for me), than letting said company keep delivering me a service of convenience while my neighbor can’t afford to buy food.

I hope they do. The gig economy is unequivocally horrible for everyone that isn’t working as an exec at Uber.