Ontario’s government wants to make big changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure, and it wants to make them very quickly.
Civil Justice Watch keeps track of Ontario’s Civil Rules Review, and of what people are saying about it.
Why Me?
I’m just a guy who cares about access to civil justice in Ontario. I know a little bit about it from my day job, where I’ve spent ten years teaching and writing about civil procedure and access to justice.
I think that public policy should be evidence-based, and should take seriously the interests of everyone who is affected by it.
Big changes are necessary to restore access to civil justice in Ontario. But if the Civil Rules Review process is rushed, and lacks the necessary evidence, it could easily do more harm than good.
The Ask
If you too care about civil justice in Ontario, please read the Civil Rules Review discussion paper or one of the summaries.
The CRR says that they will accept submissions until June 16 2025, via email to jennifer.smart@ontario.ca.
We don’t know whether the CRR will make all submissions they receive public. So please consider sending your submission to me (noel dot semple at uwindsor dot ca) and I’ll upload it to the Submissions Clearinghouse.