Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for allowing me to speak today. I'm here to support the amendment to increase the collection of HST/GST from the ride-sharing companies and affiliated drivers. My name is Marc André Way. I'm the president of the

Finance committee  A driver gets licensed by the city; his next step is to be registered with the government as a taxi driver, so he gets a GST number. The way the GST or the HST works in Ontario is that it's built into the metre fare. There are no choices—we have to. Our drivers must be registered

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  He remits his own portion of the HST, and the brokers or the company remits their portion on the fees they charge.

Finance committee  That's correct. It starts from dollar zero.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Uber's fares are not fixed by the licensing authorities. Therefore, if anyone took an Uber ride today, the fare is calculated on distance and by a multiplier, depending on if there's surge pricing or not. It all depends on demand. They should be adding the HST to the final fare,

Finance committee  That's right. It all depends on how Uber treats its drivers, either as dependent contractors, such as taxi drivers, or as employees. If they're employees, Uber needs to collect those taxes from the drivers and from all the rides and remit them to the government.