Uber’s Quebec general manager, Jean-Nicolas Guillemette, said the company would cease operations in the province on Oct. 14. Uber employs more than 50 office workers in the province, where more than 10,000 drivers have worked for the company, he said. He said Uber had paid the province around C$7 million ($5.68 million) in fees during the pilot which would fund efforts to modernize the province’s taxi industry. The move affects Quebec cities including Montreal, the country’s second-largest city, and Quebec City. Uber rival Lyft, which operates only in the United States at present, has started exploring a move north of the border.

Source: bd News24 September 26, 2017 18:00 UTC