Under the old, traditional definition of racism, that would be true only if tickets, passes, what-have-you, were sold to people of my colour for less than to people of darker colours, because of a specific belief that the latter were inferior and should be discouraged from riding buses.

But "racism" has apparently been redefined. I have never heard any "anti-racist" state the definition in these following words, but extrapolating from what they DO say, I get this:

"As long as any power structure, public or private, is disproportionately occupied by 'white' people," (and let's face it, the Toronto taxi licensing authority and the Vancouver transit system are), "then anything that power structure does that so much as inadvertently inconveniences anyone of a darker colour can legitimately be described as racist. Never mind that it inconveniences people of lighter colours as well; that doesn't change things."

Similarly, as regards "hate speech," someday some "racialized" activist will drop his guard and say what he really means: "Hate speech? That's any speech that WE hate."

But is it unfair to new cab drivers? Absolutely.

The political correctness that we have incorporated into our daily language makes us all sound quite over the top.

The race card has become a catch all for the injustices people think are being placed upon them whether this is true or not.

This in itself ought to make those that have really been discriminated against speak out and very loudly at that. Instead, they sit quietly by and let others smear all they worked so hard to achieve.

While this law may be unfair to many, I don’t think it has anything to do with race. More like a new way to generate income for the city. But, by making the fees so high, they seem to be shooting off their own foot.