BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• BCLI’s 2020 & 2021 Annual Reports Are Now Available Online!

ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE

• ALRI publishes summary of recommendations for Alberta's Dower Act.

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• On June 9th, the Commission released a consultation paper titled “The Parents’ Maintenance Act”. A copy of this report can be found here: Parents’ Maintenance Act Consultation Paper.

LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• LCO releases ‘Accountable AI’ Final Report.​

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• BCLI launches exciting new website! Visit them at https://www.bcli.org.

ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE

• ALRI publishes Family Support and Maintenance from the Estate of a Person Who Stood in the Place of a Parent, Final Report 117

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• On February 2, 2022, the Commission released Report #142 “Presumed Consent Tissue and Organ Donation”. This report can be found here.
• On February 7, 2022, the Commission released its Consultation Paper titled “The Law of Partition and Sale”. A copy of the report can be found here.

LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• The LCO has launched a new YouTube channel! See their videos on AI and other issues here. 

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• BCLI updates CBA BC on parentage law reform project

ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE

• ALRI publishes Dower Act: Consent to Disposition, Report for Discussion 36
• ALRI publishes Dower Act: Life Estate, Report for Discussion 37

LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• LCO’s Dec 9th AI Decision-Making Panel is in the News

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• B.C. Government implements BCLI recommendations on child employment
• Reflecting All Families – discussing the gaps and needs to transform and review legal parentage on CBA BC’s Bartalk

ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE

• ALRI publishes recommendations for reforming Alberta’s Personal Property Security Act

LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF SASKATCHEWAN

• The Commission has released a consultation report on potential reform of Saskatchewan's class actions legislation

LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• The LCO releases new report, Last Stages of Life: Final Report

L'INSTITUT QUÉBÉCOIS DE RÉFORME DU DROIT ET DE LA JUSTICE 
(QUEBEC INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE REFORM)

• The Fondation du Barreau du Québec and the Quebec Institute for Law and Justice Reform , in collaboration with the Conseil du patronat (CPQ) , seek to better understand how companies go about resolving conflicts that arise from their activities.

Download Final Report 116, Personal Property Security Law

The Alberta Personal Property Security Act [PPSA] came into force in 1990 and produced a significant improvement in secured transactions in Alberta by removing many of the restrictions and limitations that prevented the use of secured credit.

Since 1990, it has become clear that several areas of the law are in need of reform. Modern online banking, ecommerce and ambiguities in the law contribute to the need for reform. The PPSA also did not anticipate some kinds of disputes that would be litigated in today’s courts and did not provide rules for the resolution of these cases.

Final Report 116, Personal Property Security Law aims to increase certainty in secured transactions law with recommendations to bring the PPSA up-to-date and inline with other Canadian jurisdictions.

Get the report at the Alberta Law Reform Institute's website.

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• The Commission released a consultation paper on Presumed Consent Organ Donation. Comments on this Consultation Paper should reach the Manitoba Law Reform Commission by July 30, 2021.

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LAW COMMISSION OF ONTARIO

• The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) seeks a full-time Policy Counsel for a one-year contract that may be extended.  The deadline to apply is Friday, October 15, 2021.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• BCLI & CCEL Issue Study Paper On Health Care Consent and Capacity Assessment Tribunals

LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF SASKATCHEWAN

• The Commission has published its proposals on the Land Charges Act.

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• The Commission released a consultation paper on Presumed Consent Organ Donation. Comments on this Consultation Paper should reach the Manitoba Law Reform Commission by July 30, 2021.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE

• New BCLI publications call for reforms to the child protection framework and review of legislation on youth aging into the community.

LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF SASKATCHEWAN

• The Commission has published its proposals on the Land Charges Act.

MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION

• The Commission released a consultation paper on Presumed Consent Organ Donation. Comments on this Consultation Paper should reach the Manitoba Law Reform Commission by July 30, 2021.​

The British Columbia Law Institute has just published the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act and the Study Paper on Youth Aging into the Community.
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Read more at BCLI's website.​