The goal of judicial independence and the value of judicial independence cannot be diminished if we are going to have a strong and functioning judiciary.
This bill does support the duality of the role of judge insofar as a judge must serve and a judge commits to serve. The exchange for that is that, if they make a mistake, because judges are human, there's a fair process whereby that mistake of conduct can be examined.
Given the screening process and the new review process, the balance of ensuring that the judge feels they have an opportunity to address complaints made against them in a fair and transparent way while still preserving the public's confidence that judges are being held accountable for misconduct in an appropriate manner is a very delicate balance. In fairness, it's a delicate balance.
The bill seeks to achieve that balance, and we believe it successfully achieves that balance.