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Several municipalities in Metro Vancouver are lining up to oppose the Passenger Transportation Board’s policies around ride-hailing in B.C., calling them unfair and saying they will harm taxi companies.

But according to provincial guidelines, municipalities don’t have the authority to block ride-hailing companies from operating in their communities.

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Late Monday, Delta council voted on a motion from Coun. Lois Jackson to send a letter to the board asking the rules be suspended. Jackson also wanted council to send a letter to the Union of B.C. Municipalities asking that a vote be taken on ride-hailing at its upcoming annual conference.

The motion was voted down five to one, however Mayor George Harvie said that a letter would be sent to the Passenger Transportation Board asking that discrepancies between rules for taxis and rules for ride-hail be addressed.

“I do not want to do anything to slow down the introduction of ride-hailing in our community,” Harvie told Postmedia News after the vote. “We need it, we needed it years ago. But I also want to make sure the taxi industry is treated on a level playing field.”