Vince Gasparro
- Family
- Married to Nicola Meyer, two daughters
- Education
- BA in Political Science from York University, MBA from the Villanova School of Business, MSc in Political Economy from the London School of Economics
- Career
- Special assistant in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada for Paul Martin; principal secretary in the Office of the Mayor of Toronto for John Tory; private equity at Lynx Equity Limited; executive roles at Scotiabank's Roynat Capital, Vancity, AgriRoots Private Credit Fund, and the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation
- Political Experience
- Ontario Liberal candidate for Eglinton—Lawrence in the 2025 Ontario general election; Member of Parliament for Eglinton—Lawrence since the 2025 Canadian federal election; Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)
- Notable
- Awarded the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship in 2010; member of Canada's official delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conferences during COP26, COP27 and COP28; granted an honorary knighthood by the Supreme Commander of the Knights of Rizal
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Thank you, Chair. Thank you all for your service and for coming here today. I think, given the current moment, we can all agree that we have to make regulatory changes and improve the speed at which government moves, delivers services and, quite frankly, innovates. C-15 How do the changes in Billto the Red Tape Reduction Act improve efficiency for Canadians and, more specifically, Canadian [more]
I have a follow-up on that. Do any other jurisdictions around the world follow similar practices?
I'm glad you mentioned core services. I'll touch on active consultants, but I'm going to pivot between the two. I'm glad you mentioned that. When Treasury Board officials appeared before committee, they were very clear—and I know this because I asked the question—that departments were directed to find savings through the comprehensive expenditure review in ways that do not affect frontline [more]
I appreciate your touching on the efficiency piece and the fact that our public service is working with other public services in other jurisdictions to learn from best practices. I'm glad you touched on that. I have a quick follow-up on that. How will giving ministers increased autonomy to grant regulatory exemptions improve service delivery for Canadians and help our government deliver on its [more]
Thanks to all of you for attending and thank you for your service. We had Treasury Board officials appear earlier this week to discuss the comprehensive expenditure review. They explained that, as part of the review, departments were directed to focus on their core mandates and priorities, specifically by identifying savings in programs and activities that are underperforming, duplicative or not [more]
How much time do I have, Chair?
I'd also like to go back to your point around the use of consultants. There was some commentary about the correlation between the size of the public service and the use of consultants, that reducing the size of the public service would automatically lead to a greater reliance on management consultants. However, from the statistics we have, the reality is that spending on management consultants [more]
Thank you.
That's great. Can you quickly tell us about the red tape review progress reports?
Yes.