Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Henchey and Ms. McKey. I do apologize for the inconvenience caused by the interpretation problems at your last appearance.
We have just heard two witnesses, Mr. Bayne and Mr. McSorley. Mr. Bayne submitted four proposals aimed at improving the Extradition Act. I will quickly go through them.
The first recommendation would be to require that the requesting state bears the burden of proof, not beyond all reasonable doubt, but on the balance of probabilities.
The second proposal is to require complete disclosure of the evidence, even exculpatory evidence, much like we do in the course of a normal criminal investigation in Canada.
The third proposal is to demand that the requesting state enter into a reciprocity agreement with Canada in matters of extradition.
The fourth criteria is to make sure that the trial will be held within a reasonable timeframe, in order to avoid what happened in the Diab case, when the accused was detained for years before the trial because the requesting state was not able to proceed quickly.
I would like to know what you think about these four conditions.