CBC News: Canadians face winter vote

CBC News: Canadians face winter vote: "Canadians will choose their next government on Jan. 23, the first winter election in decades.

Paul Martin emerged from Rideau Hall Tuesday morning to announce that Governor General Micha�lle Jean had dissolved Parliament at his request and set the election date.
The Liberal minority government fell Monday evening in a no-confidence vote, a year and five months since the day it was elected.
The opposition parties brought the Liberals down on a simple motion of no-confidence � 'That this House has lost confidence in the government.'
All the federal party leaders say they are ready for the campaign, and each will begin his campaign immediately. "