The countdown to an anticipated election call is on- and politicans have already started an unofficial campaign.

Minister of Employment and Social Development Pierre Poilievre was in Ottawa Saturday making a new funding announcement.

Pollievre announced at the Diefenbunker Museum in Carp an investment of $23,650 to help upgrade the Guard House of the museum. "Our contribution will assist with the rehabilitation of the Guard House so that the museum can continue to serve its many visitors from our own area, across the country, and around the world," he says. 

This was just one of many funding announcements the Conservative government made this week before a possible election call expected Sunday.

If an election is called Sunday, it will launch what will be one of the longest campaigns in Canadian history- at 11 weeks. 

Too long for Catherine Boyes, who lives in Ottawa. "I think it its a long time, I think it's a long time for everybody to care and to keep people's attention for that long, and I think it is going to cost a lot of money," she says.

But for others like Angela Best- she welcomes a long election campaign to convince her who to vote for. Best says, "It could make a difference, I am interested in hearing what the Liberals have to say, and I am interested in hearing what the Conservatives have to say."