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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.
LCO announces appointments of two new Board of Governors members
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) is pleased to announce the appointments of two new members: Olha Dobush (MAG Appointee), term effective May 22, 2025. Olha is the Assistant Deputy Attorney General with the Victims [...]
Call for Proposals is open!
The LCO is looking for new projects! This is a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations to work with Ontario’s leading law reform agency to develop independent, principled and authoritative advice on important legal issues. [...]
AI in Criminal Justice Issue Papers Launched!
The LCO is excited to release its comprehensive AI in the Criminal Justice reports, including five papers examining the benefits, risks and governance of AI at every stage of the criminal justice process. Papers include: [...]
