The thing people forget about 2005 is that there was reason why Martin was so cavalier and dismissive of Laytons olive branch appeal to save public health care. The Liberals were ahead in the polls in November 2005 and the conventional wisdom at the time was that Harper was unelectable and that a new election would at worst mean another Liberal minority and at best that the Liberals could regain a majority. If Martin had really wanted to avoid an early election all he had to do was seriously negotiate with Layton and with the independent MPs. Instead Martin said "damn the torpedoes" and dared the opposition to bring him down. Then of course the Liberals proceeded to run a ridiculously bad campaign and they lost the election.
There was an election in January 2006 and way more people voted conservative than voted Liberal. The VOTERS rejected Paul Martin and only THE VOTERS. This silly argument about who did what to whom in November 2005 is beside the point. There was an election and Canadians collectively VOMITED up the corrupt Martin Liberals.