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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: 'This is a national security issue': Toronto MP Vince Gasparro after synagogue shootings
Description: The Liberal MP for Eglinton–Lawrence, Vince Gasparro, says his heart dropped when he heard a synagogue in his riding was recently targeted. Now he is calling for arrests, increased police support and expanded intelligence sharing, and hints there will be additional funding coming in the spring budget for Jewish security.
The rookie MP represents the riding with third-largest concentration of Jews in Canada. Â Gasparro was narrowly elected to Parliament last April 2025 on a platform to fight antisemitism and protect the Jewish community living in the area where he grew up.
After discovering that no one...