Tories more ready than any other party for an election: MP Turner

Pollsters and political observers say the best strategic time for the Tories to call a snap election is immediately after the Liberals elect a new leader, just like Paul Martin did to Stephen Harper.

Conservative MP Garth Turner (Halton, Ont.) says the Conservatives are "more ready" for a fall election, from strategy to organization, than any other political party.

"My knowledge is that we are more ready than anyone else for an election this fall. We have had an election readiness team in place since about March. We have a grand poobah [campaign director Doug Finley] in charge of the election. He's been in place for some time....