I don't know Ron.... You think parliament is dis-functional now? Just wait until you have a Western Block, a Quebec Bloc, Ontario and the maritimes split between NDP, Libs and Cons....
Really, you nailed the problem in your first post - Harper gets in - and dumps the West in order to get his "majority." Then the West, to show their disgust and unhappiness with this vote him back in. (?) Yeah, I know the Liberals, blah, blah, blah... but as long we continue to vote these jack-behinds back in, without ever holding them accountable, they will continue to treat us like the lemmings we are.
The issues as I see them are - How do we create a more equal federation between the provinces, while also ensuring that the basic principle of democracy (rep. by. pop.) is respected. IMHO - we need to re-jig the HoC to give true, complete Rep. by Pop. - AND rejig the Senate to give Rep. by Prov. (each Province gets the same # of senators), and make the Senate answerable to the Provinces.
How to do that? Now THAT is the question.