Ms. Janet Henchey at the Canada-China Relations Committee

On February 4th, 2020. See this statement in context.

February 4th, 2020 / 11:35 a.m.

Senior General Counsel and Director General, International Assistance Group, Department of Justice

But we can tell you that there was an authority to proceed issued, because that's public record.

The authority to proceed identifies an offence that we believe was made out on the evidence provided by the foreign state. The authority to proceed in the Meng case identifies the offence of fraud.

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