Algorithms take over Uber pricing

An all-algorithm pricing scheme is now in place in Ontario and BC and experts are worried that both drivers and riders will be hurt.

In Canada, the majority — 75 per cent — of personal transport and delivery service workers belonged to racialized groups. Photo by Mariia Shalabaieva on Unsplash.

Each time Uber introduces a new wrinkle in its overall business strategy, it calls into question the adequacy of labour laws, immigration laws, data privacy laws, AI laws (as if Canada had any…