British Columbia Law INstiture Publishes Report on Artificial Intelligence and Civil Liability7/2/2024  The British Columbia Law Institute has published Artificial Intelligence And Civil Liability.
The goal of the Artificial Intelligence and Civil Liability Project was to determine how the rules of tort law need to adapt to respond to harm to persons and property caused by autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The project set out to answer: Who is, or should be, liable for choices made by intelligent machines operating autonomously? What happens when a robot commits a tort? Read more...
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 The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) has released Improving Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace: Final Report, the first comprehensive and independent review of Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act (CPA) in over 20 years.
The LCO has concluded that significant legislative and regulatory reforms are needed to modernize consumer protection in Ontario's digital marketplace. The LCO report makes 32 recommendations to amend the CPA, propose new regulations, and related reforms. Read more...  This report focusses primarily on potential reform of The Libel and Slander Act, a statute which has been in force in Saskatchewan for over a century with very few modifications made to it during this time.
Get the report...  On Monday, March 18th, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) released A New Environmental Bill of Rights for Ontario: Final Report, a comprehensive and independent review of Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (EBR).
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 The Alberta Law Reform Institute is undertaking a preliminary review of Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act. The Residential Tenancies Act establishes the rights, rules, and obligations that govern the relationship between a landlord and tenant.
ALRI will be conducting several stakeholder engagements with organizations from across the province to determine how the Act is functioning and where it could be improved. The findings from these events will be used to determine the scope of a potential law reform project. More details about how we select and conduct law reform projects can be found on the About page. BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW INSTITUTE ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE MANITOBA LAW REFORM COMMISSION
 On Thursday June 22, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) released its Consultation Paper on Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace.
Visit their website to learn more and download the paper.  BY MEGAN VIS-DUNBAR
This month we welcomed the opportunity to connect with fellow provincial law reform agencies. The Federation of Law Reform Agencies of Canada (FOLRAC) held its first in-person conference since 2019 in Toronto in early June. The meeting was an opportunity to network with representatives from our counterparts working on law reform initiatives in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. The use of technology and access to justice concerns emerged as common themes underlying much of the work being done across Canada. Read more at the British Columbia Law Institute website... |
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