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The [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberals]] alleged that DiNovo endorsed the church ordination of [[pedophile]]s and axe murderers in ''Qu(e)erying Evangelism'', when in fact she did not, and took DiNovo's past comments about Canadian murderer [[Karla Homolka]] out of context, saying the comments compared Homolka to a [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]-like figure, where instead they were used in reference to the dangers of [[Scapegoat|scapegoating]]. The Liberals also did not mention DiNovo's expression of sympathy for Homolka's victims' families and the undue suffering she believed the media circus surrounding Karla was causing them. Many accused the Liberals of conducting a [[smear campaign]]. <ref> {{cite news|coauthors = Canadian Press|title = Fall session begins, Cheri DiNovo sworn in|work = CTV News Toronto|language = English|publisher = [[CTV News]]|date = [[2006-09-25]]|url=http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060925/queens_park_060925/20060925?hub=TorontoHome |accessdate=2007-03-01}}</ref>
===Poverty===
On [[October 23]], [[2006]], a ''[[Toronto Star]]'' column by [[Carol Goar]] said DiNovo had brought a new clarity and assertiveness to the NDP caucus' voice in the Ontario Legislative Assembly. Since entering the Assembly, DiNovo has approached a variety of poverty-related issues, including raising [[minimum wage]] and [[welfare]] rates in the province, creating more affordable housing and ending the government's tax clawback of the federal child benefit supplement.<ref> {{cite news|last = Goar|first = Carol|title = Ontario NDP gets a sparkplug|work = Editorial|pages = A.22|language = English|publisher = [[The Toronto Star]]|date = [[2006-10-23]]|url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1149659431.html?dids=1149659431:1149659431&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+23%2C+2006&author=Carol+Goar&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=A.22&desc=Ontario+NDP+gets+a+sparkplug |accessdate = 2007-03-01}}</ref>
Earlier in the year DiNovo had shared her experiences of drugs and poverty as a 15 year old, in a TV interview first shown on VisionTV March 9th 2006. She said "I know what its like to live on the streets ... street kids are not bogey men they are just poor".[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COKHE4BjlIM]
==References and notes==
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