The reviews are in

Stephen Maher may use more gentle phrasing than would be ideal, but nicely summarizes a couple of Deceivin' Stephen's latest attempts to avoid reality:

(Harper's claim about capping equalization) sounds reasonable, except that the O’Brien commission did not call for a cap on equalization linked to the growth of the economy, which the Tories are imposing, but suggested the government publish a discussion paper if it unilaterally changed the program. The Finance Department has not published such a paper.

The prime minister’s misdirection here suggests (understandable) discomfort on his part.

In several other recent interviews, Mr. Harper was similarly economical with the truth — in particular on the subject of the government’s shifting response to the recession...

Mr. Harper’s comments suggest that either he has convinced himself that the government has not changed its position, or he is trying to change the record so his government will not seem to have changed its position.