An Act to amend the Judges Act

Sponsor

David Lametti  Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is, or will soon become, law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Judges Act to replace the process through which the conduct of federally appointed judges is reviewed by the Canadian Judicial Council. It establishes a new process for reviewing allegations of misconduct that are not serious enough to warrant a judge’s removal from office and makes changes to the process by which recommendations regarding removal from office can be made to the Minister of Justice. As with the provisions it replaces, this new process also applies to persons, other than judges, who are appointed under an Act of Parliament to hold office during good behaviour.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

Oct. 31, 2022 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Judges Act
Oct. 26, 2022 Passed Time allocation for Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Judges Act

The Speaker Anthony Rota

I wish to inform the House that because of the deferred recorded division, Government Orders will be extended by 12 minutes.