The cabbie caught on camera spewing vulgarities outside the Rideau Centre this month had a suspended driver's licence in Ontario at the time, according to the city.

It also turns out that Fawad Karimi didn't have a valid municipal taxi licence, either. That permit expired at the end of April.

The city's licence committee met quietly Thursday to review Karimi's taxi licence, but there wasn't much for the quasi-judicial board to decide because , technically, he didn't have an active licence. In fact, the city withdrew its request to review Karimi's licence on those grounds.

"Given the unlicensed status, there was no possibility to impose discipline on a license that was no longer in effect," the city said in a statement Friday.

The city didn't say why the province suspended Karimi's driver's licence.

According to the city, Karimi hasn't been driving a taxi since the embarrassing June 10 dustup.

On that day, the Capital Taxi driver apparently wouldn't move for an approaching ambulance. He started swearing and insulting a security guard who was trying to get him to move. Other cabbies also tried to talk sense into the driver, but he would have nothing of it.

A witness captured it all on video and posted it to You Tube.

The city says bylaw continues to investigate and is considering further prosecution.

WARNING: This video contains extremely abusive, profane language and insults.