Today, Garth Turner in trying to express that ‘a certain thing is less than clear said - "I think it's obfuscation of reality" in reference to CREA’s new Weighted National Average For Sales on the MLS.

Reminds me of the first time a teacher told me to stop or she'd ostracize me. Huh?

Please Garth, if you’re trying to say CREA is “confusing things” say something like, “less than clear”, or maybe even, “they are reinventing reality” – but I think you “obfusticate” when you use words like: obfuscation, to explain what you think happened – to the, may we call it the New WNAPfSMLS ?

Now maybe I’m just upset, or maybe happy - about Garth’s admission in a recent Globe and Mail Article of December 13, 08 – How High Risk Mortgages Crept North.

Excerpt from Globe & Mail Dec 13, 08.
Shortly after the hearing, Mr. Turner said he was approached by Mr. Flaherty's parliamentary secretary, Diane Ablonczy, in the House of Commons.

"She came to my desk where I was computing away on my laptop," Mr. Turner said, recalling that she told him to "get onside."

In the end, no one raised a single question about the prospect of 40-year or zero-down mortgages. The bill sailed through the committee - including a vote of support from Mr. Turner.

"At the end of the day I sadly acquiesced," he said, adding that he regrets voting the way he did. "At the time it was politically difficult."

Thanks for that admission Garth. We got into this financial mess by wanting to be “on side” with the club. Me too. See there, now we’ve both admitted. Only I didn't hold a public office.