Taxi drivers protesting Uber move inside city hall

Dozens of taxi drivers pushed their anti-Uberdemonstrationinside Toronto's city hall Friday afternoon, not long after a handful of cabbies ended ahunger strike they were staging in Nathan Phillips Square.

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Before they entered the building, the taxi drivers spoke with the media and expressed their concerns aboutUber and UberX drivers whom they say are breaking city bylaws without punishment.

The protesters saidMayor John Torymust deal withthe issues concerningtaxi drivers and Uber.

Earlier this week, threetaxi drivers in the city vowed to give up food in an effort to protest against the growing infiltration of Uber. They camped in Nathan Phillips Square to express their anger.

This morning, paramedics told CBC News that one man was transported from city hall at about the same time the hunger strike ended.

In November, taxi drivers said they were considering a strike to get the attention of public officials whom they say have done little to stop Uber and UberX drivers from flouting city regulations governing the taxi industry andstealingtheir business.