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A Google search by this newspaper turned up a years-long history of comments under Lépine’s name on Catholic forums.

In 2014, Lépine wrote that she was “strongly against abortion.”

Asked if she remembered writing this comment, Lépine said “Not really, because I wrote so many.”

On another blog post the same year, Lépine suggested that “it might be one way to help people realize the abomination of abortion by starting to claim that a parent should be free to kill any one of his or her children, at any time in the life of the child (including adulthood.)”

Less than a month ago, Lépine posted to a different blog and said she would “have to restrain” her own online comments for the next few weeks, as she was running as a Green party candidate in the election.

“Some people are scrutinizing anything online in order to find a shadow of a hint of any statement (that) can possibly be deemed as not politically correct.”

In Monday’s interview, Lépine questioned why it took so long for the party to raise any issue with her online posts. She believes they went looking for a reason to cut ties after she raised a fuss over what she described as a lack of support for her campaign — election signs that never arrived and reluctance to provide transportation to riding events (she doesn’t have a car).

As recently as Friday, she said, she complained about this to the Greens. She was told Sunday that her blog commenting had come to light, and her candidacy was being revoked.