Opposition Leader Erin O’Toole learned of a rumour about ex-top soldier Jonathan Vance from a fellow military member, who heard it “from a third party,” O’Toole’s office told the Star Monday.
It was the first time O’Toole said how he came to learn of a rumour that he passed on to the Prime Minister’s Office for investigation in July 2015, when O’Toole was Veterans Affairs Minister and the Conservatives had named Vance to become the next chief of the defence staff.
O’Toole learned of the rumour at some point after the government announced Vance’s appointment in April 2015. The rumour was about Vance having had an inappropriate relationship with an officer and/or improperly sought to further her career while stationed at CFB Gagetown around 2001.
