There's nobody in the current group of federal politicians who I would ever trust to open up and tinker with the constitution. Not the complete clustercuss of a liberal party, and certainly not Harper, who's supposed attempt at election reform was completely full of loopholes to the point that it became meaningless within months of being put forward. And the current polarization of the country doesn't help, either. There isn't a party leader out there who has a hope of gaining even a semblance of broad national support. I think we need a majority government before any sort of constitutional change can happen: when it's so hard getting consensus from the provinces, you don't want the extra burden of trying to negotiate with minority parties. What sort of demands would the Bloc or NDP make in trade for their support? Basically, I'm saying the whole lot of them should keep their hands off the constitution until they prove that they can function as a real parliament.
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