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· To support, publish, sell and otherwise disseminate studies, reports and
other documents;
· To sponsor or support conferences, seminars and other meetings;
· To facilitate and support co-operative efforts among the Commission,
governments, the academic community, the legal profession and other
organisations and persons interested in the Commissions work;
· To generate revenues through the provision of goods or services;
· To consult with the Minister of Justice with respect to the annual
programme of studies that it proposes to undertake;
· To prepare such reports as the Minister may require; and
· To submit to the Minister any report that it has initiated itself or on the
request of the Minister.
181. The Minister is required to respond to the Canadian Commission with respect to
any report that the Minister receives from the Commission (section 5(2)).
182. The Act makes clear where the lines of accountability for the Canadian
Commission are drawn. Under section 6 the Canadian Commission is
ultimately accountable, through the Minister of Justice, to Parliament for the
conduct of its affairs.
British Columbia
183. The British Columbia Law Institute (
BC Institute ) was created in 1997 by
incorporation under the provincial Society Act (RSBC 1996).
184. The BC Institute was created as a direct result of the closure of the Law Reform
Commission of British Columbia to try and mitigate the loss in tangible and
intellectual assets of the Commission.
185. The Constitution of the BC Institute sets out its broad purposes, as follows
(Article 2):