What is the Minister of Justice's role in deciding whether to surrender a person for extradition?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from United States of America v. Wilson, 2016 BCCA 326 (CanLII):

The Minister’s role in deciding whether to surrender a person for extradition was described as follows by Mr. Justice Cromwell in Németh v. Canada (Justice), 2010 SCC 56, [2010] 3 S.C.R. 281:

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