TACC (TACC Construction / TACC Developments, De Gasperis family)

$50M land purchase

Companies tied to Silvio De Gasperis (TACC) own 24 properties totalling over 1,300 acres in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, and TACC paid $50 million in May 2021 for 100 acres of farmland north of Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan that was later removed from Greenbelt protection — land experts say would only fetch such a price if development were expected. De Gasperis was also summonsed by Ontario's Auditor General over Greenbelt land dealings.

$294,000 in PC donations since 2014

De Gasperis and associated TACC entities donated at least $163,362–$294,000 to the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario since 2014, according to Elections Ontario data compiled by The Narwhal.

A National Observer/Torstar investigation found companies connected to the De Gasperis/TACC family own three properties totalling 168 acres near the proposed Highway 413 route, plus five more properties jointly owned with other developers — land whose value would rise if the highway is built.

TACC Developments registered former federal Conservative MP and ex-Ontario PC Party president Peter Van Loan as a lobbyist, disclosed in the Ontario Lobbyist Registry, targeting (among other ministries) the Minister of Transportation on the 'impact of proposed highway on Client's lands.'

CBC, citing NDP research, reports 2020 MZOs for TACC Holborn Corp. (The Gore Rd, Brampton) and the Block 41 Landowners Group (Vaughan), both linked to Silvio De Gasperis companies.

Sources: Ford government using special provincial powers to help developer friends, NDP alleges - CBC (Feb 2021)