Andrew Cash 
on May 15, 2012
The Conservative Budget Implementation Act 2012 is a trojan horse bill sneaking in hundreds of pages of harmful new measures that: gut environmental protection threaten fisheries and other resources cut public pensions and job standards reduce democratic accountability undermine public health care The Conservatives rejected our NDP proposal to split this massive 425-page bill to [...]
on May 8, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House this evening to speak on behalf of the residents in my riding of Davenport in Toronto to issues that are of deep concern to them and issues that they want me to raise in this place. Tonight I will [...]
on May 1, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to be here tonight to stand before you and Canadians from coast to coast to coast, especially the members of my riding of Davenport, the men and women who elected me to this place a year ago tomorrow. The very first day of this [...]
on February 27, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Madam Speaker, the greater Toronto area is home to 5.5 million people, 17% of the Canadian population, 40% of corporate head offices and one-fifth of Canada’s GDP. In other words, what happens in Toronto and how it happens matters except, it seems, to the Conservative government. The GTA loses $6 [...]
on February 16, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, cities like Toronto are facing a housing crisis. The FCM says that housing is the number one problem facing cities. Even the CIBC is saying that most Canadian families are having a hard time finding affordable housing. In fact, one and a half million Canadian households are said [...]
on February 10, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, Toronto has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country and housing prices are skyrocketing. More and more families are finding it harder to buy or rent a home in Toronto. The Conservatives are out of touch with Toronto but New Democrats know that we need a [...]
on February 7, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the finance minister showed an interesting display of affection yesterday for the mayor of Toronto. The Conservatives and Mayor Ford generally share a lot in common. They both want to cut services that families rely upon. They both want to cut the arts. They both failed to get [...]
on February 6, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, while the Minister of Finance lectures Canadians about debt, the Minister of Human Resources tells us that the solution to the rental housing shortage is for Canadians to buy a house and take on more debt. That is not going to help 70,000 Torontonians on affordable housing waiting [...]
on January 31, 2012
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the minister should read the FCM report. Renters make up a third of the housing market. However, in the last 15 years, according to the report, only 10% of new housing starts have been for rentals. Because of the utter failure of this and previous governments to actually [...]
on December 12, 2011
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government continues to ignore hard-working families in the GTA. We have predatory temp agencies that can have half a worker’s salary. We have car insurance rates in places like Brampton that are some of the highest in the country. To make matters worse, the Conservatives make [...]