The B.C. NDP recently announced its plans to introduce ride-hailing services to the province by 2019. Vancouver is the largest municipality in North America without legal ride-hailing services. 

On the Coast guest host Matthew Lazin-Ryder spoke with Transportation Minister Claire Trevena to try to understand why it’s taking the province so long to introduce ride-hailing legislation. 

Transportaton Minister Claire Trevena says passenger and driver safety is the most important concern in terms of ride-hailing. (Mike McArthur/CBC)

This government campaigned on a promise to bring ride-hailing services to B.C. by the end of 2017. Now, it looks like we’ll wait until 2019. What is the