{"id":5417,"date":"2015-10-01T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2016-10-02T16:44:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T20:44:32","slug":"420-voting-in-good-conscience-the-lesser-of-evils-uber-the-taxi-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/5417","title":{"rendered":"420 &#8211; Voting in good conscience \/ The lesser of evils \/ Uber &#8211; The taxi wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9969\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5417-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5417-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:25 &#8212; 70.5MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5417-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5417-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5417-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_embed=5417-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5418\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/420_Uber_Logo_168x100.jpg\" alt=\"Uber\" height=\"100\"  width=\"168\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>00:07 Voting in good conscience:<\/strong> voting dilemmas, voting on principle, feedback on voting dilemma, voting preferences and priorities, power of a moral argument, moral leadership, Marc Emery Prince of Pot, effecting democratic change<br \/>\n<strong>18:35 The lesser of evils:<\/strong> political legacies, weakening one&#8217;s own position through compromise, dangers of a single issue focus, the voter&#8217;s real choice, justifying your vote<br \/>\n<strong>39:10 Questionable motives:<\/strong> motives reconsidered, Ontario Bill 53 Protecting Passenger Safety Act, feedback on Uber, chaos vs freedom, good law vs bad law<br \/>\n<strong>54:25 Uber &#8211; Same tale of two cities:<\/strong> feedback on Uber, Toronto-London comparison, taxi licence rental, taxi plate ownership, Section 232 of Municipal Act, taxi monopoly costs to drivers, influx of drivers and riders, pricing as market mechanism <strong> 1:01:26 END<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/420-clips-credits\" target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" height=\"25\" width=\"109\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9971\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5417-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5417-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20151001-justRIGHT-420-VotingInGoodConscience-theLESSERevil.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:25 &#8212; 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