The Kovrig family argues that Canadian law allows the Justice Minister to intervene at any time to end the extradition proceedings against Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei executive arrested on a U.S. warrant just days before Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China
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But Canada’s Extradition Act gives Mr. Lametti the power to end the extradition proceedings against Ms. Meng “at any time,” according to the act, and if he does so, “the court shall discharge the person.” Several prominent Canadians, including former justice minister Allan Rock and former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour, have argued that Ottawa must consider intervening. The law is clear “on its face,” Ms. Arbour told The Globe.
Chinese courts answer to the Communist Party, and President Xi Jinping has said China “must never follow the path” of judicial independence. The president of the Supreme People’s Court has called judicial independence a Western “trap.”Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Chinese officials it made clear in the days following the arrests of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor that their imprisonment was linked with Canada's detaining high-tech scion Meng Wanzhou days earlier.Mr.
But that approach “in no way influenced what China did” when it once again detained Canadians four years later in similar circumstances, said Vina Nadjibulla, who is married to Michael Kovrig and has been a dedicated advocate for his release, although the two are separated.
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