it would seem as though this is going to be an issue in the next parliament.

on first glance, this is actually kind of shocking - this appears to be very right-wing legislation. but, there is a consistency with the new liberal party, in that it doesn't seem to care about the rule of law, or the enforcement of constitutional rights. in this case, it appears to be holding to a retributive concept of justice that, while popular with "progressives", would have been thought of as barbaric by historical liberals.

it will be interesting to me to see if the ndp support this oversight provision in the next parliament or not, because we would see a reversal in position if they do - i would expect the ndp to support a fire and brimstone policy, and the liberals to reject that as primitive.

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2019/corrections-bill-lacks-key-provisions-judicial-oversight/