I'll just make a few comments, because I've had the opportunity to review some of the testimony from previous days and a little bit from this afternoon.
I think we never got a chance to talk about this the last time: the really important principle of extradition that doesn't seem to be accepted by most of the witnesses that you've heard, which is that extradition is not a trial. The reason it's not a trial is that the whole premise of extradition is that a person is going to have a trial wherever they're being extradited to. To turn an extradition hearing into a trial, first of all, delays the opportunity for that person to face justice in the jurisdiction where they're headed. It delays access to the witnesses and the process in the foreign jurisdiction, which under the Canadian system, as you know, is something we try to avoid. We try to get people to trial as quickly as possible.
Most of the recommendations that have been put forward by many of the witnesses seem to have ignored that point, the point that these people who are being sought for extradition will have a trial. It's built into the system that this is what's intended. By calling witnesses and cross-examining witnesses and turning the extradition process into a trial, we are actually delaying the person from accessing justice in the country that's seeking their extradition.
I could go on and on, but I'll stop there and let you ask questions.