Here is my New Year's prediction. When an election is called, The Globe and Mail will run an editorial in which it will tut-tut about Mr. Harper's government: his attempt to control the media, his centralization of all power in his hands, the shut-downs of Parliament, the attacks on Richard Colvin.
Then it will get to the "however" part: However, Michael Ignatieff is still learning, he needs more seasoning, he's too hungry for power. Then it will have an insulting reference to Jack Layton and the NDP. And then - voilà - it will support Mr. Harper again. In other words, business as usual.