It's tough to go anywhere without tripping over a Conservative Member of Parliament doling out cash for one project or another.

That's fueling speculation that the election could be called as early as this Sunday.

If so, MacLeod M.P. John Barlow says he and his team are ready.

"Sounds like Sunday's the day, I don't know if that's going to be it for sure but we just went through this last year, we never stopped, the team is ready to go, I told everybody last year just keep going and we've just never stopped," he says. "I've got a great team, I've got a great board, our board that we had in the past put us in a great position so, ya, we're ready."

Barlow was elected just over a year ago in a federal by-election only a short time after running for the party nomination.