Ontario Conservatives seem to be changing their tune after party leader Patrick Brown said he will not scrap the Liberal government's sex-ed curriculum if his party wins the 2018 election.

In an op-ed yesterday in the Toronto Star, Brown says it was a mistake for the Scarborough-Rouge River campaign to send out a letter saying he would scrap the curriculum.

Brown says the curriculum changes are "hot topics" in the riding, and that while parents should be consulted, it doesn't mean "opening the door to intolerance."

He says sex education is important "to combat homophobia, and raise important issues like consent, mental health, bullying, and gender identity."