Ride-Sharing Penalties

Q130: Before June 30th, 2016, will the government of Ontario pass the Protecting Passenger Safety Act?
Yes: 20%

Bill 53 (also known as the Protecting Passenger Safety Act) is a private member's bill that would increase penalties for unlicensed commercial drivers.  The law would discourage drivers of ride-sharing services, like UberX (see article here).  The bill was proposed by Ottawa South Liberal MPP John Fraser, although Nepean Carleton Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod had earlier proposed a similar bill.

The bill seems to have some bipartisan support, although some MPPs seemed to speak against the bill in the debate.  Given the general unsuccessful fate of most private member's bills, I think that this one will probably not be successful either.