CBC's Ryan Cooke looked into the standards to become a taxi driver in St. John's. While he received some vetting from Bugden's and Jiffy taxi companies, he received much less from City Wide. 

Via CBC: 

Knowing I can't very well get out and fetch the documents, I tell him we can pick them up at the end of our meeting while I covertly text my coworkers to drop them in my mailbox nearby. 

"And it's clean?" he asks about my abstract and criminal check.

"Yeah. A seatbelt ticket from 2010. But that's all."

He laughs, puts the van in drive and leaves the parking lot.

"I think I need to show you around. You've never done taxiing before, right?" 

For the full article, check out the story on CBC Newfoundland & Labrador here.