Latest posts by Gary Botting (see all)
- 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
Much has been made of the open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from the “Notable 19” suggesting what amounts to a prisoner swap: Meng Wanzhou for Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.
The letter informed the prime minister what I have been yelling to deaf ears for a year and a half: that the minister of justice has the discretionary power under s. 23(3) of the Extradition Act to halt extradition proceedings whenever he wishes. To read more, click here.
