Andrew Cash 
on June 11, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, a G20 planning document by the Canadian Forces listed a number of potential security threats, among them, embarrassment to the Government of Canada. It is too bad it did not listen because that is exactly what happened. It cannot plan the largest civil security undertaking in Canadian history [...]
on November 2, 2011
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, Canadians saw for the first time today disturbing images from inside the notorious G20 detention centre. These makeshift cages held almost 900 people in crowded conditions with very little food, water or even a door on the toilet. This was the largest mass arrest in Canadian history, and [...]
on September 28, 2011
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, at last year’s G20 meeting, my city was shut down. It was shaken. It was vandalized. A year later the government will still not pick up the tab. Gazebos, yes, but Toronto business owners with smashed windows is another story. If it is not pork-barrelling, why will the [...]
on June 20, 2011
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the government hopes that if it keeps piling on the paperwork, Toronto businesses will eventually forget about seeking G20 compensation and just quietly go away. Toronto businesses inside and around the G20 zone suffered millions in damages and they are not going away. It has now been a [...]
on June 15, 2011
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, a year later and Toronto is still waiting for the government to accept full responsibility for the fallout of the G20 mess. Some Toronto councillors are pushing for long-term solutions, but the immediate financial needs still require action. Last week, New Democrats met, for example, with the owner [...]
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, when it came to spending $14,000 for glow sticks, Conservatives said, full steam ahead; $300,000 on bug spray, a green light, but for close to $50 million, what did Toronto get? Broken glass, a fake lake and the biggest mass arrest in Canadian history. The message is clear. [...]