Can Canadian officials speak to foreign officials about the delay in an extradition request?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from United States of America v. Jones, 2022 ONSC 11 (CanLII):
Several appellate courts have considered and rejected a delay in extradition as an abuse of process. It is not the role of the extradition judge to speculate about or to determine the reason for a delay in an extradition request. Canadian officials speaking to foreign officials does not give rise to the possibility of an abuse of process: see Liang, and United States of America v. Tyndall, 2021 ABCA 95, leave to appeal dismissed: [2021] S.C.C.A. No. 174.
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