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Gaston (Gus) Candaele, shown here as a Canadian Army cyclist in World War I, refused to take out a City of Winnipeg cab license on the grounds that his business was located in St. Boniface. The Manitoba Court of Appeal agreed with him, undermining Winnipeg's ability to regulate its own cab industry and leading to the creation of the Manitoba Taxicab Board.