Well I'm going to have to a agree that I don't really like the idea of an election right now but I'd also say that if Harper is looking or somebody to blame he ought to be looking right in the mirror.
Harper is a weasel. One of the things that may trigger an election soon is, IMO, a perfect reason for calling him a weasel. It may surprise a lot of people to hear this but the Home Reno Tax credit that has been advertised by the government and every building supply store in the country isn't actually law yet, it was never voted on. The actual vote is soon and Harper has decided to make it a confidence motion so if the opposition parties decide to bring him down he has a big stick he can wack them with during the campaign. He's fighting tool and claws just to maintain his position, it's not like he has some sort of platform he's trying to push through to better the country. Every move he makes is calculated to better his party's image not the country.
Five years ago I would have argued passionately that what Canada needed going forward was minority government, possibly a coalition. It's not that unusual in western democracies and a lot of countries seem to be able to function in that situation but our country can't. Our politicians, an all sides, are absolutely unable to work with each other, not that they've tried very hard.
We need to bounce the whole bunch out and elect someone that understands what the word compromise means.