Baljeet Singh, 24, was the third Toronto taxi driver to be murdered within three months, the others being Michael March and Wolsey Frazer. Mr. Singh was on his way home when he decided to pick up one last fare. Near the corner of Jane St. and Finch Avenue West the passenger apparently attacked him and he radioed for help. He was found in his cab with his throat slashed, a few blocks from his Downsview home. Mr. Singh had planned to give up cab driving in the coming year. "Just last Sunday, when he was at my place for my son's birthday, he said that driving a cab is not that safe, he wanted to do something else next year," said his sister Nickshter Mr. Singh. Mr. Singh was supposed to visit India in December to be married. He had driven for the Yellow division of Metro Cabs for four years. As news of Mr. Singh's death spread, about 50 cab drivers gathered in the Jane-Finch mall for a day-long protest. They also collected donations to help pay for Mr. Singh's funeral. The three deaths provoked demands for safety devices, including the mandatory installation of Plexiglas shields. A local manufacturer was swamped with orders for shields and expected to sell 500 of them by Christmas. A member of Metropolitan Toronto Licensing Commission, Howard Moscoe, had earlier advocated that Metro Council subsidize owners for half the cost of installing shields. However, a spokesman for the commission said that "the primary reason we haven't legislated is that nobody has demonstrated it [a shield] really improves security. I think these devices give you a false sense of security."

Baljeet Singh. (Source: Toronto Star, November 21, 1988, p. A15)