Law Commission of Canada’s 2024-25 Departmental plan at a glance

Key priorities

The following key priorities support the Commission’s vision and mission:

• Developing and implementing a relevant and innovative research agenda that reflects current and emerging issues in law;
• Ensuring effective consultation and accessible information for relevant stakeholders in Canadian society;
• Establishing collaborative networks through productive partnerships with public and private organizations;
• Including and integrating approaches and sources across legal traditions, jurisdictions, and systems;
• Offering informed analysis and high quality recommendations that are timely and comprehensive.

Refocusing Government Spending

In Budget 2023, the government committed to reducing spending by $14.1 billion over the next five years, starting in 2023–24, and by $4.1 billion annually after that.

While not officially part of this spending reduction exercise, the Law Commission of Canada will respect the spirit of this exercise by doing the following:

• During its first full year of operation, the Commission will continue to be focused on developing a cost-effective administration;
• Making cost-effective decisions relating to professional services and travel expenditures while fulfilling the mandate of the Commission;
• As the Commission works on securing a permanent office location, every effort will be utilized to ensure savings can be realized whenever possible.

The figures in this departmental plan reflect these reductions.

Highlights

A Departmental Results Framework consists of an organization’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.

Law Review

Departmental results:

• To provide the people of Canada with independent leadership on contemporary issues in law and meaningful contributions to law reform projects.
• The people of Canada have access to an open, independent forum about law and its operation throughout Canadian society.

Planned spending: $2,645,894

Planned human resources: 13

In order to fulfill its core responsibility, the Commission will focus on achieving its departmental results and refining indices for assessing success and sustainability. In doing so, it will develop effective approaches to, and formats for, relevant research, effective consultation, productive partnerships, integrated approaches, quality recommendations and efficient operations. During this first complete fiscal year after its revival (fiscal year 2024-25), the Commission will have as its overarching goal the continued development of its internal structure, scope of research, forms of engagement, and advancement of its mission.

More information about Law Review can be found in the full departmental plan.