Dear editor,

The confused musings of Stephen Harvey in your April 15 edition, stating that the Conservative Party鈥檚 record is shocking, warrants a reply.

Mr. Harvey鈥檚 postulating that, on the one hand, anyone who has not been paying attention to the actions of the Conservative government, or the Opposition parties, etc., 鈥渟houldn鈥檛鈥� vote in the upcoming election, is, to say the least, shocking advice 鈥� followed by his good advice, and mine, to 鈥渓ook鈥� at the total record of the Stephen Harper government over the past five years.

Mr. Harvey and others will find that of all the G20 counties, Canada is rated No. 1 economy-wise, and our Stephen Harper Conservative government is also credited with leading Canada through the onerous task of emerging from the recent worldwide recession that has had such a debilitating effect on so many countries.

It is also blatantly obvious that to avoid another unwarranted and costly election in the future, that our only option is to elect a majority Stephen Harper Conservative government on May 2.

W.L. Finlayson,

Comox