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Royal Canadian Air Force: O Toole

Erin O Toole Dept: O Toole, the Conservative hopeful in the riding of Durham, is fiercely proud of his time in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Navy, which included Sea King helicopter missions after the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111, according to The Chronicle Herald. When you leave the military, you feel a sense of guilt because your friends are still there, they are still serving, said O Toole, who traded the life of a soldier for law school in 2000 and oTTAWA As he goes from door to door wooing byelection voters in southwestern Ontario, Erin O Toole talks about a lot of different issues, with one pointed exception: his 12 years as a member of the Canadian Forces. It s just that he doesn t want to be seen as using his military service or work with veterans as a springboard to a political career. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.