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Taxis: Do you agree with the fine for decorating the inside of a cab?
- February 17, 2011 11:21 AM |
- By POV
By CBC News
A judge at the Montreal municipal courthouse decided Thursday that the taxi bylaw forbidding personal items does not infringe on a cabbie's rights.
The judge found Arieh Perecowicz guilty of violating the municipal regulation because his dashboard is covered with family pictures, religious items and a Canadian flag.
Perecowicz said he plans to appeal and won't remove the personal decorations from his cab.
The items, including a Remembrance Day poppy and small Jewish prayer scrolls should be allowed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Perecowicz said.
Section 98 of the city's taxi regulations says drivers may not have any objects in the car that aren't related to driving their cab.
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