[2] In 1966, the Canadian Bar Association passed a resolution at its annual meeting calling for the creation of a federal law reform commission.
[2] On February 16, 1970, the then Liberal Minister of Justice John Turner introduced Bill C-186, which called for the establishment of a national law reform agency.
[2] In January 1974, Law Reform Commission of Canada published Working Paper 1: The Family Court.
On the basis of the recommendations set out in the working paper, the Department of Justice in 1975 endorsed several pilot projects which ultimately led to the establishment of Unified Family Courts in most Canadian provinces.
[2] In 1996, Liberal Minister of Justice Allan Rock reintroduced Bill C-9 to create the Law Commission of Canada.
[3] In 2004, it released a report on electoral reform that suggested introducing mixed member proportional representation.