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Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum’s position on ride-hailing is “unintelligible,” considering drivers are being denied business licences and then getting hit with $500 fines daily for operating without a licence, a lawyer for Uber Canada says.

Michael Feder wants a B.C. Supreme Court judge to issue an injunction prohibiting the City of Surrey from fining both drivers and the company, saying bylaw officers have delivered tickets to his office.

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“The problem we have is the city is enforcing a rule that says you can’t conduct business without a business licence but at the same time saying we don’t have a business licence available for you,” he told court Wednesday.

Feder said McCallum is “disingenuous” for publicly saying he supports ride-hailing while maintaining the city will never allow the service, prompting Premier John Horgan to respond last week that such a stance puts up unnecessary roadblocks to a service that was authorized by an independent regulator.