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By Alyssa Rudolph

MUNICIPAL MATTERS

Meadow Lake council denies request to cap taxi licenses

Mar 27, 2026 | 4:11 PM

Meadow Lake city council has decided not to place a limit on taxi companies after a recent request from business owners.  

During a meeting earlier this month, council received letters from the owners of Mr. Taxi Ltd. and Meadow Lake City Cab, requesting a moratorium on new taxi licenses in the city. They hoped to prevent additional taxi businesses from entering the local market until there is population growth and economic activity that had increased to a level that would reasonably support a third business. 

“Currently, Meadow Lake is served by two established taxi companies, and we believe that the market in a town of our size is already at saturation point,” ViralKumar Patel with Mr. Taxi Ltd. wrote in a letter to the city.  

He said that adding another business would create an unsustainable environment causing driver shortages, insufficient demand, and dilution of business.

Meadow Lake City Cab’s Sukhman Singh agreed with these points.  

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“Our objective is to continue providing safe, dependable, and professional transportation services to the community while ensuring that operations remain economically viable. We believe maintaining a maximum of two taxi company licenses at this time would support long-term service stability and quality for Meadow Lake residents,” he wrote in an email to council.  

Council ultimately decided that approving the moratorium could cause unfairness in the community when it comes to other local businesses. They said putting these caps in place could also have a negative impact on people who want to do business in the community moving forward, which is not what they hope to portray.  

meadowlakeNOW contacted Patel and Singh for further comment regarding council’s decision to decline their request and did not hear back prior to publication.  

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Alyssa.rudolph@pattisonmedia.com