Patrick Brown won the Progressive Conservative leadership in May 2015 with the backing of social conservatives who opposed Ontario's new sex-ed curriculum, and frequently criticizes the Liberals for not doing enough consultation with parents. ( Steve Russell / Toronto Star file photo )Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown is scrambling to do damage control after a self-inflicted sex-education curriculum snafu on the eve of Thursday’s Scarborough-Rouge River byelection. But ultimately, I’m owning it,” the Tory leader said, noting he was at a PC caucus retreat in Kenora when it was drafted. On Sunday, Brown convened an emergency conference call with Tory MPPs and Ontario PC Party president Rick Dykstra to assess the political damage. Some social conservatives — including Charles McVety, a prominent evangelist who supported Brown’s 2015 leadership bid but now accuses the Tory leader of being “deceitful” — oppose the modernization.

Source: thestar August 30, 2016 23:23 UTC