Uber Canada executive Andrew Macdonald speaks to the Star about Uber’s recent agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers over working conditions, the company’s plans to go carbon-neutral in major Canadian cities by 2030, and more. Opinion
Shortly after Uber launched in Canada in 2012, Andrew Macdonald, senior vice-president of Uber’s mobility and business operations, remembers checking out the app’s traffic. On one of the app’s first Friday nights, it had just six cars on the road. Fast-forward a decade and Uber drivers have clocked approximately 5.5 billion kilometres in Canada alone — enough to circle the Earth approximately 137,243 times.
We’re seeing a pretty good signal across our big businesses — delivery and mobility — all around the world. The exciting scenario, from my perspective, that is playing out is twofold. What’s Uber Freight been doing these days, especially now that there’s been a lot of coverage around supply chain issues? What’s the growth potential for Uber Freight at this point?
Uber hasn’t always had the best relationship with cities that try to regulate it. In 2016, Uber threatened to pull out of Toronto after city council considered new rules for ride-hailing. Would Uber approach that situation differently if you were making that decision today? We’ve got pretty big ambitions to become a zero-emissions company. We’ve committed to being zero emissions in major cities in Canada by 2030 — and we’ve been pretty public about those commitments. We’re also publishing transparency reports to hold ourselves accountable for delivering on that, and we’re working with third parties and NGOs to make sure that the way we do accounting for this and talk about it is all above board.
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