WHO WE ARE
The Law Commission of Ontario is Ontario’s leading law reform agency. The LCO provides independent, balanced and authoritative advice on complex legal policy issues. Our work promotes access to justice and contributes to public debate.
This project examines the development, deployment, regulation and impact of artificial intelligence (AI), automated decision-making (ADM) and algorithms on access to justice, human rights, and due process.
This project is the first legal and policy reform project in Canada to review how artificial intelligence (AI) impacts each stage in a criminal justice matter.
The LCO’s Improving Protection Orders project is examining why protection orders are failing to prevent intimate partner violence and family violence in Ontario.
This project examines how a civil legal framework could address the creation, alteration, and distribution of intimate images without consent.
This project explores the growing use of digital monitoring and surveillance technologies in the workplace, and their implications for areas which may include privacy and human rights, employment and labour law, platform workers, and AI governance.
Environmental Accountability – Indigenous Engagement
This project began in the fall of 2024. Please check back for more details.
Call for LCO Board of Governors Applications
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) is seeking a new member for its Board of Governors. The LCO is Ontario’s leading law reform agency. The LCO provides independent, balanced, and authoritative advice on complex [...]
Second LCO Webinar for Access to Justice Week 2023: IPV
On Monday, October 23, 2023, the LCO is hosting a free webinar about intimate partner violence to commemorate Access to Justice Week 2023. This webinar is titled “Recommendations, innovations, and law reform to address [...]
First LCO Webinar for Access to Justice Week 2023: AI and A2J: Where are we? Where are we going?
On Monday, October 23, 2023, the LCO is hosting a free webinar about AI in the justice system to commemorate Access to Justice Week 2023. The webinar is titled “AI and A2J: Where are [...]
