Sean Stewart, CEO of Infinity Water Taxi Tours Toronto isn't swayed by the flooding on the island but rather takes a positive outlook, giving guests an escape on the water and highlighting the beauty of the area right in the heart of the city.
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Alongside the docks at the foot of Yonge St. early one afternoon this week, Syd Soer wears sunglasses and a short-sleeved captain’s shirt with barred epaulettes on the shoulders. He’s calling out to those standing on the sidewalk considering a gyro from Alexandro’s snack shack.
“Water taxi! Water taxi?”
His brand new boat — just delivered this week — is docked just a few metres away. It says “W’Otter Taxi” on the side. It is not paying for itself there at the dock. The shiny new boat is empty, waiting for passengers.
Soer says when the city told them it was retiring its largest ferry this year, and the water taxi operators would have to pick up the slack, they decided to invest. His company has seven more of the new boats on the way. “Everybody went all in,” he says. Then the city jacked up the fees it charges the taxi services, and they paid.
Then: an ongoing nightmare.
