Expect nasty, dirty election campaign, say candidates

Tories defeated on historic contempt in Parliament non-confidence motion on Friday afternoon, parties expect nasty, dirty 36-day campaign to unfold.

"It's going to be dirty," says Liberal MP Wayne Easter of the gritty campaign that began its descent into character assassination two months before the opposition defeated the Harper government on Friday on an historic contempt in Parliament non-confidence vote.

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