Hat Tip to Jason Cherniak for showing me the error of my ways. As per his suggestion, I will now be “blogging accordingly” to my Liberal affiliation.

With that in mind, here are a few random thoughts I have on the election:

1. When talking about his virtual elimination of the capital gains tax today, Mr. Harper stated “there is a lot of misinformation here. Only half of those who pay this tax earn above the average income.” (Stephen Harper, St. Pauls, January 18, 2006)

It’s true, there is a lot of misinformation and spin on this issue, and it’s coming from Mr. Harper. Did you know that 95 per cent of tax filers do not even claim capital gains? That two-thirds of the total capital gains are claimed by the 140,000 Canadians earning more than $100,000?

In the last debates, Mr. Harper claimed his strength wasn’t ‘spin’. Could have fooled me.

2. Stephen Harper’s New Deal = No Deal!

Today in Toronto, Stephen Harper confirmed the New Deal for Cities and Communities would be stalled under a Conservative government. Stephen Harper says he will ‘honour’ what the Paul Martin government has already put in place, but that’s it – no more!

3. Jack Layton is consistent in one thing: he ALWAYS puts politics before people.

UPDATE: Scott Feschuck has a great blog post here.

FACT CHECK: Maybe this was a tad dry, but it seems very few people caught on that this was a word for word rehashing of Liberal talking points… I don’t even understand what I posted on the Capital Gains Tax.