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- New book explores Canada’s dangerous offender designation - January 11, 2022
- Canada’s extradition laws under attack for many reasons in 2021 - December 24, 2021
- Canada’s extradition procedures in desperate need of an overhaul - November 24, 2021
CTV National News and even the New York Times got it wrong: Peter Nygard did not consent to extradition when he appeared in court in Winnipeg on Oct. 1. Had he wanted to do so, he would have agreed to a “consent to surrender” (s. 71 of the Extradition Act) – a different beast entirely from the “consent to committal” (s. 70) he signed.
The committal hearing serves little or no purpose in extradition proceedings beyond wasting the time and resources of the accused – and the court. To read more, click here.
