Parkdale-High Park, Ontario by-election campaign goes negative
{{date|September 14, 2006}}
{{Canadian news}}

Voting is underway in a provincial [[w:By-election|byelection]] in [[w:Parkdale—High Park|Parkdale-High Park]], [[w:Ontario|Ontario]] to elect a replacement former education minister [[w:Gerard Kennedy|Gerard Kennedy]] who left the provincial post to join the leadership race for the federal Liberal party.

The new education minister, [[w:Sandra Pupatello|Sandra Pupatello]], has accused [[w:Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate and United Church Minister [[w:Cheri DiNovo|Cheri DiNovo]] of comparing media coverage of [[w:Karla Homolka|Karla Homolka's]] release from prison to the persecution of Jesus Christ. [[w:Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] candidate [[w:Sylvia Watson|Sylvia Watson's]] campaign has released selected portions of DiNovo's past sermons to claim she supports the ordination of pedophiles and axe-murderers.

[[w:Ontario New Democratic Party|Ontario New Democratic]] leader [[w:Howard Hampton|Howard Hampton]] defended DiNovo, saying the Liberals are worried about losing the riding.

DiNovo said the remark was taken entirely out of context by the Liberals and suggested she might sue them over it.

Political parties are doing everything they can to win the riding.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060913/byelection_060913/20060913?hub=TorontoHome
|title=Liberals accused of byelection 'smear' campaign
|author=
|pub=CTV
|date=September 13, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1158054428493&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795
|title=By-election gets down and dirty
|author=Ian Urquhart
|pub=Toronto Star
|date=September 13, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2006/09/11/byelection-doors.html
|title=Premier, cabinet hit hustings before Parkdale-High Park byelection
|author=
|pub=CBC
|date=September 11, 2006}}

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Voting is underway in a provincial byelection in Parkdale-High Park, Ontario to elect a replacement former education minister Gerard Kennedy who left the provincial post to join the leadership race for the federal Liberal party.

The new education minister, Sandra Pupatello, has accused NDP candidate and United Church Minister Cheri DiNovo of comparing media coverage of Karla Homolka's release from prison to the persecution of Jesus Christ. Liberal candidate Sylvia Watson's campaign has released selected portions of DiNovo's past sermons to claim she supports the ordination of pedophiles and axe-murderers.

Ontario New Democratic leader Howard Hampton defended DiNovo, saying the Liberals are worried about losing the riding.

DiNovo said the remark was taken entirely out of context by the Liberals and suggested she might sue them over it.

Political parties are doing everything they can to win the riding.
Toronto, Ontario Ontario Canada Elections