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As the B.C. government moves closer to opening the door to ride-sharing companies, the biggest of those firms, Uber, is once again defending a controversial business practice.

At a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade summit on transportation Friday, minister Peter Fassbender confirmed the government’s pledge that it would reveal its stance on ride-sharing before the provincial election May 9, as it comes under growing pressure to permit such services in B.C.

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Fassbender said he has been in consultation with Uber, local governments and taxi companies about how to implement ride-sourcing while respecting the existing taxi industry.

“The public has said to us, ‘We want more choice,’ and we as a government have said we are going to develop a made-in-B.C. solution for this issue,” said Fassbender.

“I’ve had more emails from Uber than I’ve had from anybody else as they continue to give me lots of good feedback, lots of information, sharing their experience in other jurisdictions,” he added.