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.
The LCO announces the appointment of a new Board of Governors member
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dean Colleen Flood to its Board of Governors. Dean Flood will serve as the representative for the Law Deans of Ontario, effective [...]
Law Commission of Canada: Call For Proposals For Financial Support
The Law Commission of Canada (LCC) is inviting proposals for financial support for conferences, seminars, and meetings that align with its mission to engage Canadians in the evolution of law. Proposals should demonstrate how the [...]
LCO Appears Before Bill 194 Standing Committee
On November 15th, the LCO’s Nye Thomas and Susie Lindsay will appear before the Standing Committee on Justice Policy to discuss Bill 194, the provincial government’s first effort to regulate AI use by public [...]
