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.
LCO Releases Bill 194 Submission
The LCO is pleased to release its submission on Bill 194, the provincial government’s first effort to regulate AI use by public sector entities in Ontario. The submission includes 11 recommendations to ensure Trustworthy [...]
LCO welcomes nine student fellows to its 2024 summer roster
The LCO is pleased to announce its incoming cohort of Student Scholar Fellows for Summer 2024, beginning on May 21. Now in its fifth year of operation, the LCO Student Scholar Fellowship program [...]
LCO Releases “Improving Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace” Final Report
On Monday, May 13th, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) released Improving Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace: Final Report, a comprehensive and independent review of Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act, 2023 (CPA). The LCO [...]
