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The best that can be said about a rally by taxi drivers in Saskatoon is they kept their shirts on.

The drivers could use a lesson in protesting after a lame attempt last week to air their concerns about introducing ride-sharing services to Saskatoon.

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In Edmonton two years ago, shouting taxi drivers crammed city hall; some removed their shirts to protest the arrival of app-based ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft.

In Toronto two years ago, cabbies mounted a coordinated effort to slow traffic on busy commuter streets. Just last month, hundreds of taxi drivers protested at the Manitoba legislature.

In Saskatoon, about 20 of the more than 400 taxi drivers represented by the United Steelworkers stood briefly in front of city hall with signs and flags. Their event was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., but by then the taxi drivers had dispersed. Most of the news media missed it. As for the public, some people might have briefly found it difficult to find a parking spot near city hall. They would have had an easy time getting a taxi at 2 p.m., though.

Perhaps it represents a sign of resignation about the inevitability of ride sharing. But if the handful of drivers and industry representatives who stuck around to talk to city council’s transportation committee are to be believed, livelihoods are at stake.