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.
The LCO’s multiyear AI in the Civil/Administrative Justice System project brings together policymakers, legal professionals, technologists, NGOs and community members to discuss 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.
The LCO’s Criminal AI Lifecycle 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. Our goal is to help government and different criminal justice institutions anticipate the risks and benefits of AI on access to justice, due process, human rights, and civil liberties; and to help these institutions identify and adopt concrete and practical legal and policy reform responses to the shared challenges of AI.
The LCO’s Digital Marketplace Initiative collaborated with leading academics in Canada in an innovative, data-driven project to identify law reform options related to so-called “click to consent” or “terms of service” (ToS) contracts.
The LCO’s Improving Protection Orders project is examining why protection orders are not working effectively to prevent femicide and intimate partner violence in Ontario.
The LCO considered possible reforms to Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights and other contemporary approaches to strengthening environmental accountability in Ontario. Issues included the desirability, feasibility and enforceability of legislating a substantive right to a healthy environment, the responsibilities corresponding to such a right, and proposals for enhancing environmental access to justice.
Environmental Accountability – Indigenous Engagement
This project began in the fall of 2024. Please check back for more details.
LCO is a McLachlin Fund 2024 Recipient
The LCO in partnership with Osgoode Hall Law School is excited to announce that we've received a grant from the The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin Access To Justice Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation. This support [...]
Law Times: Colleen Flood joins LCO Board of Governors
Read the latest article in the Law Times on Dean Colleen Flood joining the LCO Board of Governors.
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 [...]
