It’s still a long way from election day. There’s another four weeks
in which to catalogue the deluge of deceits, deceptions and distortions
that inevitably afflict political campaigning. The Conservatives, with
their false claim of a “real environmental plan” that will lower
greenhouse gas emissions have opened up a big lead. But there are other
contenders in the Pinocchio stakes, notably the Liberals’ dubious
pronouncements on affordable housing.

A householder from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Liberal Darren Fisher
recently appeared in my community mailbox. It’s a substantial 8-page,
double-sided document. Printed in both Official Languages it’s full of
pictures and details of worthy local projects that have benefitted from
federal funding. But then it enters the realm of misinformation with
this statement on the National Housing Strategy:

“Since the launch of our National
Housing Strategy, we’ve helped more than 1 million Canadians find a
place to call home by investing $7 billion in new builds, repairs,
renovations and rental subsidies.”

Well, not actually.