Over the past decade the discourse around accountability and transparency has come to dominate many discussions about politics and public policy in Canada. For Ontario’s municipal sector this discourse crystallized in 2014 into a piece of legislation now commonly referred to as ‘Bill 8.’ Passed into law in December of 2014, Bill 8 (the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act) is a wide-ranging piece of legislation impacting hundreds of organizations in the broader public sector.