text:  Canada's 18 million voters go to the polls today in the country's general election. The opinion polls are saying that the ruling Conservative Party, led by Minister Kim Campbell, will easily be defeated by the opposition liberals of Jean Chrétien. Well, I was in a hotel downtown where we would have our election night gathering and I'm on the phone with my candidates and they're all losing their seats. We were sat in front of the television but then the Western results started to come in and we saw our totals piling up.