Mr. Chair, that is my view; it's within the power of the minister to put off effecting execution of the extradition pending completion of these proceedings. It's his call. It's his judgment as to what he thinks is appropriate.
I don't believe it's fully correct to say that since the Extradition Act provides him with no authority to delay, therefore he can't delay. It's true the Extradition Act does not expressly provide that authority, but it does give authority to amend a surrender order and the court has indicated it's a political decision, and the order itself has no date in it. To me, an order that has no date in it is an order that's pending execution at the discretion of the person having the authority to make the order.