Does a Minister have the power to issue an warrant of surrender?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gervasoni v. Canada (Justice), 1996 CanLII 8361 (BC CA):
22 The Minister's decision whether to issue a warrant of surrender is discretionary. The discretion has been given to the Minister, not the judiciary. See Idziak v. Canada (Minister of Justice), supra. See also Argentina v. Mellino, [1987] 1 S.C.R.
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