Platforms, Profits, and Precarity: How Canada's Gig Giants Are Escaping the Rules That Protect Everyone Else
Beneath the convenience of a tapped app and a doorstep delivery lies a workforce stripped of basic protections that most Canadians take for granted. Major platforms like Uber, DoorDash, and SkipTheDishes have built billion-dollar empires on the backs of workers legally classified as independent contractors — a designation that conveniently exempts corporations from paying into employment insurance, providing minimum wage guarantees, or covering workplace injuries. Canada's provincial governments