In 2004 Barbara Laskin provided strategic communications advice to the Law Commission of Canada and assisted that organization with media relations and community outreach activities, including A Society for All Ages — a public forum to launch the Commission's discussion paper "Does Age Matter? Law and Relationships Between Generations"

Animated by Ken Rockburn of CPAC, distinguished panelists included: Nathalie Des Rosiers, President of the Law Commission of Canada; Judith Maxwell, President of the Canadian Policy Research Networks; Carol Burrows, President of the Council on Aging of Ottawa; and Pierre Cyr, a board member of Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa.