Andrew Cash 
News and Information relating to the GE-Hitachi uranium production facility at 1025 Lansdowne Ave
on April 25, 2013
Andrew Cash, NDP Member of Parliament for Davenport, presents petitions in the House of Commons from Davenport residents calling on the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to reopen the license of GE Hitachi’s uranium fuel production facility at 1025 Lansdowne Ave so that local residents are given the opportunity to convey their concerns regarding the facility’s [...]
Please find below the text of a letter from Jonah Schein and I requesting that the Ministry of Environment in Ontario conduct soil testing in the neighbourhood surrounding the GE-Hitachi facility at 1025 Lansdowne Ave. You can download a PDF copy of the letter by clicking here February 25, 2013 Mr. Rod Adams District Manager, [...]
on January 15, 2013
Please help us make your voices heard in calling for a public hearing on the GE-Hitachi nuclear fuel production facility at 1025 Lansdowne Ave by signing the following petition and mailing it back to our office. The House of Commons only accepts hard-copy petitions, not electronic petitions, so original signatures are required. Please circulate your [...]
Welcome to 2013 everyone. I hope you had a restful and happy holiday season. As you may know, on December 20th 2012 I wrote a letter to Federal Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver and Michael Binder, president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission requesting the reopening of the licence renewal process that led to the [...]
on December 20, 2012
Honourable Joe Oliver Minister of Natural Resources Room 162 Confederation Building House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dr Michael Binder President and CEO Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 280 Slater St PO Box 1046, Station B Ottawa, ON K1P 5S9 Dear Minister Oliver and Dr. Binder, I am writing to request a review of the [...]
on November 29, 2012
Public Meeting: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Facility An opportunity to voice your concerns and get answers to your questions about the uranium facility on Lansdowne Saturday December 8th, 2012 New Horizons Auditorium, 1140 Bloor Street West 2:00 – 4:00pm Invited Guests Include: -Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver -GE-Hitachi Representatives -Nuclear Science Experts -Toronto Environmental Alliance -Canadian [...]
on November 27, 2012
CASH CALLS ON MINISTER OLIVER TO ATTEND PUBLIC MEETING ON NUCLEAR FACILITY IN TORONTO OTTAWA – Residents in the west-Toronto Davenport area learned last month that a facility in their community was processing uranium for nuclear power plants. “Residents are supposed to be informed and consulted when a nuclear facility is running in their area,” [...]
on November 17, 2012
Over the last few weeks we have heard from many residents who are concerned about the operation of the GE-Hitachi facility at 1025 Lansdowne Ave. This week we met with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), the federal agency which regulates this plant, we requested and received a tour of the factory, and we participated [...]
on November 9, 2012
We have heard from constituents concerned about the GE-Hitachi facility at 1025 Lansdowne Ave. and the uranium it processes. Our offices have been in communication with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and with GE-Hitachi. We are touring the plant next week to get a first-hand account of this operation. We’ve heard from residents that [...]