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Ottawa Police are investigating after a video was posted online allegedly showing a taxi driver threatening an Uber driver and a passenger.
Police say they can’t confirm whether the video implicates a taxi or Uber driver.
The video, which surfaced on Saturday, appears to show a man standing outside of a parked vehicle at the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel, shouting profanities and threats at the vehicle’s driver.
“Does it look like I’m joking?,” the man said to the driver. “If I see you again, you’re dead meat. Go follow the law, get a real job.
“I’m not joking with you, get out,” the man demands.
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The video appears to have been recorded by the vehicle’s driver as the man outside of the car shouted at him.
A passenger sitting in the backseat chimed in asking the man to go away.
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“Shut the f***-up,” the man repeatedly yells at the passenger. “No one’s talking to you…come out and talk to me.”
Video shows the irate man opening the rear, drivers-side door, telling the passenger to get out of the car.
“You take a real taxi, you f***ing cheapskate,” the alleged Ottawa taxi driver said.
Police said officers reviewed the video, and won’t comment further, other than that no victim has come forward to police.
Ride-hailing app Uber launched in Ottawa in 2014 to much opposition. Uber rides tend to be cheaper than traditional taxis because they don’t have to pay the same regulatory fees.
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Bylaw officers in the city have charged Uber drivers with operating a taxicab without a licence in recent weeks.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson tweeted that incidents like this are the reason the city has fast-tracked a bylaw review.
Earlier this month, a video surfaced online that appears to show a taxi driver threatening to call the police on an Uber driver and two passengers at an Ottawa train station.
–with files from The Canadian Press
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