 In 2006 , Liberal Party of Canada leadership contender Ken Dryden used truthiness as an extensive theme in a speech in the House of Commons . The speech dealt critically with the Harper government 's Universal Child Care Plan . Dryden defined truthiness as " something that is spoken as if true that one wants others to believe is true , that said often enough with enough voices orchestrated in behind it , might even sound true , but is not true . " 
