Clean Trains Party at Lula Lounge – September 8, 2012
on September 8, 2012
Diesel Trains
By: Kate Kelland, Reuters LONDON- Diesel engine exhaust fumes can cause cancer in humans and belong in the same potentially deadly category as asbestos, arsenic and mustard gas, World Health Organization experts said on Tuesday. In an announcement that caused consternation among car and truck makers, the France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), [...]
Check out the Clean Trains Documentary!
on May 30, 2012
Residents in Davenport and West Toronto are concerned about the Provincial Government’s plan to run dirty diesel trains through their communities from Union Station to Pearson Airport. On April 28, 2012, Andrew Cash, Member of Parliament for Davenport, and Jonah Schein, Member of Provincial Parliament for Davenport, hosted the Clean Trains Festival. Hundreds of Toronto [...]
Residents Speak Out Against Diesel Trains
on May 7, 2012
Residents of Davenport and other areas around the Air-Rail Link tell Premier Dalton McGunity what they think of the plan to run dirty diesel trains through their neighbourhoods. Produced by Wildrun Productions (www.wildrun.ca)
Clean Trains Now! Busting Myths, Facing Facts
on April 30, 2012
I’d like to thank everybody who came out on Saturday afternoon to the Clean Trains Festival organized my Jonah and I. It was a huge success! We had over 600 come out to show Dalton McGuinty that we want Clean Trains Now! Jonah will be introducing a Private Member’s Bill in the Ontario Legislature this [...]
Diesel train robbery – NOW Magazine – April 25, 2012
on April 25, 2012
Do Libs really think we’ll buy their billion-dollar white elephant because one day, maybe, they’ll switch to electric? By Andrew Cash One of the most insulting assumptions a government can make is that voters are either too dumb to know they’re being conned or too lazy to get engaged. Lately, this strategy hasn’t worked so [...]
Come to our Clean Train Festival – April 28, 2012 along the Railpath at Wallace Ave!
on April 16, 2012
Are you worried about the plan to run 300 dirty diesel trains per day through our community? Come out and join me, Jonah Schein and your neighbours when we host our community festival in the beautiful park space along the tracks. Our federal and provincial governments need to realize that clean, electric trains are better [...]
Statement on Diesel
on November 16, 2011
In the case of the air-rail link being built from Pearson airport to Union Station, the very folks who through their taxes are helping to pay for this service have to live through the disruptions of it being built, and have to live with the health consequences of the decisions of the Ontario Liberal government, with money from the federal Conservative government, to use diesel trains instead of electric trains.
Andrew asks a question on the Airport Rail Link – November 1, 2011
on November 1, 2011
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, Toronto families are worried about the dirty diesel train that will soon connect to Pearson airport. While governments around the world invest in the future with cleaner electric trains, the government is leaving our biggest city in the past. Millions of travellers pass through Pearson airport every year. [...]
Statement in the House on Diesel Trains – September 30, 2011
on September 30, 2011
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, one would think communities living near the building of a major transportation infrastructure should be able to participate in some of the gain instead of all of the pain. In the case of the air-rail link being built from Pearson airport to Union Station, the very folks who [...]