There is absolutely nothing that says the provinces can't request senators of their choice, selected by the method of their choice. Any federal government which rejects those requests wants nothing other than to use the Senate as its own tool.
=> so confident you are! Wait now waldo, isn't a fundamental aspect of being a Senator one that presumes upon a Senator being an independent decision maker... cause, like, uhhh... elections challenge that fundamental premise as an election would link an elected/nominated Senator to a "constituency"; one making said Senator an accountable representative.
=> c'mon member wilber, given your so confident claim, given those reform proposals of the 80s/90s & given the more recent Harper Conservative failed/stalled forays into Senate reform, why have no other provinces taken up this Alberta lead? Things that make one go... hmmmmm, hey!
=> waddbout the relatively recent introduced 'independent Senate appointments process'? Assuming you're even aware of it, what's your concern(s) with it... what's your beef with it man? Why is your boy O'Foole and the CPC so against it?