Canada’s extradition act on display with world watching Meng case: experts
OTTAWA — Canada’s cumbersome extradition system means Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou could wait years before her case is resolved even if she will inevitably be committed to stand trial in the United States, legal experts say.
That means there are no quick fixes to Canada’s current political quandary: resolving Meng’s case to alleviate the wrath of China, which has arrested two Canadians in apparent retaliation, without alienating the United States.
China is Canada’s second-biggest trading partner; the U.S. is its biggest.
Robert Currie, a professor of international law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, pointed to the case of Ottawa professor Hassan Diab as an illustration of the flaws with Canada’s Extradition Act.