Canada's highest court dismisses Uber appeal of Revenu Qubec seizure

Uber Canada has exhausted all avenues of legal recourse to stopRevenu Qubec from perusingdocuments seized from the ride-hailing company's Montreal offices two years ago.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Uber's request forleave toappeal a2016 decision by theQuebec Superior Court, which sided with the tax agency.

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Investigators with the tax agency executed multiple search warrants at Uber's Montreal offices inMay 2015 to search for evidence of tax evasion.

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Thursday's decisionmeans that RevenuQubec can now open and consult the documents its investigatorsseized. The agency said it will now continue with its investigation.

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"We recognize the decision of the Supreme Court today and continue to collaborate with Revenu Qubec, as we have since entering into an agreement [with the province] last September," said Uber Qubec's spokesman, Jean-Christophede Le Rue, in a statement.

De Le Rue went on to explain thatunder apilot project with the province, Uber is now collecting provincial taxes for each ride, as required by law, and turning them over directly to the tax agency.

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He said that the reason Uber challenged the seizure is because the computers contained data that belonged to its employees for example, university work and Uber had sought to protect the privacy of its workers.