The red flags fluttering from cars, vans, taxis and a flatbed truck looping around the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood Sunday read: “Say NO to irresponsible sex ed.”

Parents at the steering wheels, some with their children piled in back seats, were rallying to put the brakes on the Liberals’ sexual education curriculum just days before Thursday’s provincial election.

“Maybe we’ll drive by Kathleen Wynne’s election office and give her a honk,” said Khalid Mahmood, one of the organizers of the Thorncliffe Parents Association protest, before climbing into his car to join about 50 vehicles in the caravan.

Thorncliffe Park is in the Liberal leader’s Don Valley West riding.

The parents group, with supporters from across the GTA, gathered at Thorncliffe Park Public School to condemn the curriculum installed by the Liberals in 2015. Teaching material at specific grade levels includes topics such as online bullying, gender identity, consent and sexting. Some religious leaders and groups have insisted parents should be the ones to teach their children about sex at an age-appropriate time.

Maritza Sialer is a mother of two whose children attend Catholic schools in Durham Region. Sialer said she believes most parents are not against sex ed being taught in schools in a “responsible” way but disputes Wynne’s contention that parents were consulted in a deep and transparent manner before the curriculum was overhauled.

“It was a lie,” Sialer said of Wynne’s position. She recalled that initial parental surveys about updating teaching materials from the 1990s asked only “vague” and “general” questions.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has recently reignited the sex ed discussion. He said he will address parents’ concerns about the content if he is elected.

Brampton’s Jotvinder Sodhi attended Sunday’s protest. Sodhi was involved in his two children’s school council for 13 years. He said Wynne’s concession that she cannot win the election is a hopeful sign for families who oppose the sex ed teachings.

“It’s sad but it’s a victory for the parental rights,” Sodhi said, adding he hopes “all stakeholders” can contribute to the sex ed policy after the election.

“We don’t want anyone to be left out … but it doesn’t have to be a dictated (education) policy … She acted as a dictator.”

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