Government regulation of Canadian Businesses – Uber

description of essay: You are to write an essay which discusses at least one of the legal issues studied in our course. Your essay must meet all the criteria below.
1. Applies Law 534 principles and concepts. Your essay must relate to one or more of our course topics and it must apply principles from our course.
2. Uses current Canadian issue(s). Your essay must discuss a current Canadian issue (i.e. a topic reported in the general media within the last 7 years).

3. Relates to government regulation of business. Your essay must be related to the general theme of our course government regulation of business; and
4. Cites a minimum of SIX sources other than the class text book or lectures. Your essay must make reference to various outside sources such as books and articles (examples: academic journals, newspapers, magazines or internet articles). YOUR ESSAY MUST CITE AT LEAST SIX SOURCES OTHER THAN THE CLASS TEXT BOOK OR LECTURES. Citing a source means that the main body of your essay directly refers to the source to support propositions made (through the use of footnotes see discussion on footnotes below). It is not acceptable to simply list a source in your bibliography if the source was not directly cited within the main body of your essay.

length and format:

Length requirements. The essay must be between 1500 2200 words in length. 1500 words is the minimum length required in order to be considered for grading. Footnotes are included in the word count. However, your required bibliography DOES NOT count towards the word count.
Format. Page format is to be: 8.5 x 11 paper, double spaced, 10-12 point font with 1 inch borders. The essay must be stapled.
Footnotes Required. You are to provide citations for all sources in proper footnote format. Footnote format is required and you may use McGill Guide, MLA or APA styles for the style of your citations. Your citation cannot simply be a website address or a link to a Ryerson library portal. There must be sufficient bibliographic information including name of author(s), name of publication, publication date, etc., in addition to any link you provide.
Title page must have word count. The title page of the essay must include your name, course name, instructors name and date of submission. It must also include the word count for your essay.

Bibliography Required. Your essay must also include a bibliography. The bibliography does not count towards the minimum or maximum word length. Your bibliography must only include sources that were directly cited in the main body of your essay.

percentage of final grade: This essay is worth 40% of your final grade.

due date:

You must upload an electronic copy of your essay to the assignment dropbox on our course D2L website on or before November 18th, 2016 at 11 am. This will also automatically submit your essay to Turnitin. IN ADDITION to uploading an electronic copy of your essay, you must also submit a hard copy of your essay as described below.

A hard copy of your essay must be submitted to the instructor in class or left in the instructors mailbox on November 18th, 2016 by the end of class at 11 am.
If a hard copy of your essay is not received on time as indicated above, it will be counted as late regardless of whether you submitted the electronic copy on time.

All late essays will result in a mark of ZERO.

Essential nature of this assignment (in a nutshell)

In this assignment, the instructor is evaluating how well the student is able to apply course principles to a real life situation (examples from newspapers, magazines and scholarly articles) and support her/his view with some research. The instructor wants to see how well the student understands the Canadian legal system, particularly government regulation of business, as discussed in the course. The instructor also wants to see how well the student can apply that understanding to a chosen legal issue.

CAUTION: It is very important to have a thesis (stated at the beginning of the essay) and to develop the thesis throughout the paper. A paper that merely summarizes what others have written with no coherent thesis throughout will likely receive a failing grade.

A good way to frame your thesis for this paper is the following: My paper will argue that

You should not pick an argument that is obvious. You should select one or more strong counter argument(s) and then rebut those arguments.

The paper is to argue that the lack of government regulation of uber in Canada is beneficial for public welfare (provide reasons). Opposition: some may argue that lack of regulation has safety implications for the public.