The House of Commons justice committee is getting set to review Canada's extradition system: a move welcomed by critics who have long called for reforms to the process for sending people to face incarceration and prosecution abroad.
A room used by Parliamentary committees is seen in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, June 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin TangThe House of Commons justice committee is getting set to review Canada's extradition system -- a move welcomed by critics who have long called for reforms to the process for sending people to face incarceration and prosecution abroad.
Legal and human rights experts say Canada's extradition procedures need a thorough overhaul to ensure fairness, transparency and a balance between a desire for administrative efficiency and vital constitutional protections. When someone is committed to be extradited, the justice minister must then personally decide whether to order the individual's surrender to the foreign state.
Advocates of reform highlight the case of Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab, a Canadian citizen who was extradited to France and imprisoned for more than three years, only to be released before even going on trial. Diab is not the only one "to suffer through this broken process," said Tim McSorley, national co-ordinator of the Ottawa-based International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.
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