But the legislation does open the door for services like Uber across Manitoba, including in Brandon. Brandon mayor Rick Chrest says the city's taxi industry is robust, but he's open to allowing ride-hailing services like Uber to operate within the city. Uber could 'kill' Brandon business: taxi ownerBut the thought of such services being allowed to operate in Brandon isn't sitting well with the owner of at least one Brandon taxi company. If Uber is able to operate in Brandon that will kill the taxi business," he said. City taxi industry 'robust': ChrestBut Chrest said Brandon already has a robust taxi service, which has to be taken into consideration.

Source: CBC News March 23, 2017 09:56 UTC