{"id":85993,"date":"2017-07-18T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T17:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=85993"},"modified":"2017-07-18T13:13:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T17:13:52","slug":"most-canadians-oppose-government-banning-sharing-economy-services-like-uber-airbnb","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/most-canadians-oppose-government-banning-sharing-economy-services-like-uber-airbnb","title":{"rendered":"Most Canadians Oppose Government Banning Sharing Economy Services Like Uber, Airbnb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At many levels, it seems Canada&#8217;s governments want to control\u2014and, in some cases, outright ban\u2014sharing economy services like Uber and Airbnb.<\/p>\n<p>But a recent consumer survey\u00a0conducted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanosresearch.com\">by Nanos Research<\/a> shows that a majority of Canadians oppose the banning of both ride-sharing and home-sharing services.<\/p>\n<p>When asked their level of support for banning ride-sharing services such as Uber, more than three<br \/>\nin five Canadians say they oppose (41%) or somewhat oppose (21%) this; 9% are unsure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results of the survey clearly show that Canadians enjoy the expanded options offered by ride-sharing services like Uber,&#8221; said David Clement, North American Affairs Manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerchoicecenter.org\">the Consumer Choice Center<\/a>. &#8220;This demonstrates that legislative moves to ban, or over-regulate, ride-sharing goes against the wishes of the public at large.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And the numbers are similar when it comes to Airbnb.<\/p>\n<p>When asked their level of support for banning homesharing services such as AirBnb a majority of<br \/>\nCanadians say they oppose (37%) or somewhat oppose (23%) this. 13% are unsure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe poll demonstrates that legislators should be wary when proposing legislation that would seek to over-regulate, or ban, these services,&#8221; affirmed Clement. &#8220;When it comes to temporary accommodation, legislators should embrace home-sharing and avoid heavy handed regulation and bans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At many levels, it seems Canada&#8217;s governments want to control\u2014and, in some cases, outright ban\u2014sharing economy services like Uber and Airbnb. But a recent consumer survey\u00a0conducted by Nanos Research shows that a majority of Canadians oppose the banning of both ride-sharing and home-sharing services. When asked their level of support for banning ride-sharing services such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55555,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[273,61,70],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-85993","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","hentry","category-News","tag-airbnb","tag-research","tag-uber"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/85993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/55555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/85993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85993"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=85993"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=85993"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=85993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}