It used to be that when you started your working career you could work the same job until you retired, usually with a workplace pension. Today’s reality of work has fundamentally changed yet our policies, especially Employment Insurance and Pensions, remain stuck in the past. Nearly 50% of Torontonians can’t find permanent, full-time jobs that [...]
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Urban Worker Townhall Recording – March 24, 2013
on April 25, 2013
Andrew Cash, NDP Member of Parliament for Davenport, and Jonah Schein, NDP MPP for Davenport, hosted a telephone townhall on March 24, 2013 on the issues facing urban workers – self-employed, contract, and freelance workers. This is the recording of that conversation. Click the play button below to listen! Urban Worker Townhall Recording by Andrew [...]
Andrew Cash, NDP MP for Davenport, first asks Heritage Minister James Moore about the new Code of Conduct at Library and Archives Canada, which calls for “loyalty” to the “duly elected government”. Moore blames LAC head Daniel Caron and recommends that the Heritage Committee invite him to testify. Two days later at the Heritage Committee, [...]
Andrew Cash asks Minister Moore about the Muzzling of Librarians – March 18th 2013
on March 18, 2013
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, according to the Conservatives, there is a new threat: librarians and their “high risk” activities, activities like teaching and conferences. That is right. The new code of conduct at Library and Archives Canada even extends beyond the workplace to employees’ personal activities. The code even requires duty of [...]
Andrew Cash asks Conservatives about Precarious Employment in Toronto – February 28th 2013
on February 28, 2013
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, Toronto workers are having a very tough time right now. A new United Way report finds that almost half of GTA workers cannot access full-time, stable employment. People are cobbling a living together, working multiple part-time jobs— Some hon. members: Oh, oh! The Speaker: Order, please. The hon. [...]
Letter from Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson – February 22, 2013
on February 22, 2013
Click here to view the PDF version of the letter I received from Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson The text of the letter follows: February 22, 2013 Mr. Andrew Cash Member of Parliament for Davenport House of Commons Confederation Building, Suite 835 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Mr. Cash: This is further [...]
Photos from the Have a Heart Rally for First Nations Education – February 14, 2013
on February 14, 2013
I had the honour of standing with school children from the Ottawa region calling for fair and equitable education for First Nations students in support of Shannen’s Dream. Charlie Angus and I performed “Diamonds in the Snow” for the crowd.
Andrew Cash’s Statement on the 65th Anniversary of the Horseshoe Tavern – February 6th 2013
on February 6, 2013
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, one of Canada’s landmark cultural icons, the Horseshoe Tavern, recently celebrated its 65th anniversary. This is a huge accomplishment. Often when we think of the arts in Canada, the opera, the ballet and the symphony come to mind. However, it is in the ramshackle clubs, the backrooms, the [...]
Toronto—NDP MP Andrew Cash (Davenport) is pleased to announce the names of the 30 community leaders and Toronto notables who will be awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal at the Lula Lounge on Thursday February 7th. Grammy Award winner Leslie Feist, award winning documentary film maker Barry Stevens, cutting edge choreographer and educator Holly Small, local [...]
Andrew Cash asks the Conservatives to support arts and culture workers on EI – February 4th 2013
on February 4, 2013
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the recent changes to EI are another example how out of touch the Conservatives are with Canadians in the arts and culture sector. Instead of supporting them, they have left them out in the cold, and it is the young workers who are affected the most. Often they [...]