Bill C-9: The Silence of Oversight — How Judicial Reform Could Reshape Canada’s Courts

Behind the language of “accountability” lies a deeper shift in how justice itself will be judged.

Bill C-9 — the federal government’s proposal to reform judicial discipline and oversight — has been sold as a long-overdue modernization of Canada’s judicial accountability system. But hidden within its pages are structural changes that could quietly shift the balance of power between the judiciary, Parliament, and the public. Before this bill becomes l…