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 [...]
Toronto Issues
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 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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Andrew asks the Minister of Finance about Pay to Pay Fees
on January 29, 2013
Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, while the Minister of Finance was out there breaking ethics rules lobbying the CRTC in his capacity as minister, thousands of regular Canadians were also out there trying to make their voices heard about a new unfair billing practice. Over 10,000 people have already signed a petition against [...]
Petition Calling for a Public Hearing on the GE-Hitachi Facility at 1025 Lansdowne Ave
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 [...]
Calling for a Public Hearing on the GE-Hitachi Facility – December 20, 2012
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 [...]