Here's where I think we do bump up against the principle of judicial independence. As I mentioned earlier, my view on that is that if training is aimed at ensuring that judges aren't making errors of law, that they're applying the law appropriately, and that they're not using rape myths and stereotypes in their reasoning, to me, that is still within the reasonable bounds of protecting judicial independence. We're simply asking judges to do their jobs with the best information available to them.
I don't think that means we're going to avoid things like, perhaps, appeals by accused persons who may feel that these new requirements for training, especially for sitting judges, may violate principles of judicial independence. We saw those sorts of appeals when the government made decisions around judicial salaries. I don't think we can be immune to that, or that we can ignore that possibility. My own view is that even ongoing training for sitting judges would be acceptable in terms of judicial independence.