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In a shocking scene caught on video, a taxi driver was dragged more than 20
metres in downtown Toronto while confronting a driver working for the ride-hailing
service Uber.
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The incident happened as cab drivers across the city were converging on city hall to
protest Uber, which they say is flouting city bylaws and cutting into their bottom
line.

The cabbie, who identified himself to CBC News as a taxi driver with 22 years of
experience, confronted the driver of a white Honda Civic on Bay Street near Queen
Street West, close to city hall.

An Uber Canada spokesperson called the incident "frightening," and said the
company has spoken with both the driver and passenger who were in the Honda.
Neither was harmed.

The confrontation begins when the taxi driver pounds on the window of the Honda
as it's stopped near a traffic light.

"This is UberX," he says, with news cameras rolling.

The man then tries to open the driver's side door of the car while pounding the
window. The car accelerates and drags the man before eventually coming to a stop
at another red light.

The Honda drives through the intersection, leaving the cab driver standing in the
middle of traffic.

The cab driver appears unhurt and, gasping for breath, spoke with reporters
seconds after the incident.

"We are trying to get a point across, that's what we're trying to do," he says.

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Sajid Mugha, of the iTaxi Workers Association, told CBC News the taxi driver's
behaviour is "unacceptable