I suppose a third option would be appointment by an independent, nonpartisan panel. Of course, keeping it nonpartisan is likely a fairytale.
Canada’s federal Senate appoints Senators for life and is more-or-less completely impotent and redundant legislatively.
Canadian federal senators are also appointed by geography, due to some constitutional provisions.
There's essentially a consensus in Canada that the Senate requires complete reform, but it is also impossible to achieve politically since it would require reopening the Constitution. This is politically untenable since two prior attempts in the 80s and 90s were spectacular failures and Canada’s francophone province of Quebec never even signed on to the existing 1982 version and would demand tons of insane constitutional concessions if the matter was reopened.
So one western province, Alberta, decided to attempt a quasi-elected federal Senator model. When a regional federal Senate seat is available, the province added a list of potential candidates to the ballot (don't know who vets these) to create a few candidates voted on by their citizenry.
Since not of it is binding or constitutional, the Prime Minister has no obligation to appoint any of these candidates "elected" by the province (pretty sure partisan hack Trudeau ignored the results and just appoints his own toadies).
But there are likely some hybrid elected/appointed models that could be used to select the judiciary.
I suppose a third option would be appointment by an independent, nonpartisan panel. Of course, keeping it nonpartisan is likely a fairytale.
Canada’s federal Senate appoints Senators for life and is more-or-less completely impotent and redundant legislatively.
Canadian federal senators are also appointed by geography, due to some constitutional provisions.
There's essentially a consensus in Canada that the Senate requires complete reform, but it is also impossible to achieve politically since it would require reopening the Constitution. This is politically untenable since two prior attempts in the 80s and 90s were spectacular failures and Canada’s francophone province of Quebec never even signed on to the existing 1982 version and would demand tons of insane constitutional concessions if the matter was reopened.
So one western province, Alberta, decided to attempt a quasi-elected federal Senator model. When a regional federal Senate seat is available, the province added a list of potential candidates to the ballot (don't know who vets these) to create a few candidates voted on by their citizenry.
Since not of it is binding or constitutional, the Prime Minister has no obligation to appoint any of these candidates "elected" by the province (pretty sure partisan hack Trudeau ignored the results and just appoints his own toadies).
But there are likely some hybrid elected/appointed models that could be used to select the judiciary.