Justice committee  Yes, I can comment to say that I think this is where we feel that there's a reason for a strong human rights approach to extradition. All sorts of human rights bases need to be considered with respect to a surrender decision. There is the past example in Canada of the Hurley case, where the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice did actually discuss what conditions should be placed on the surrender to a country where there was a concern of systemic discrimination against, in that case, a gay man.

Justice committee  No, I think it's going to be me, if that's okay.

Justice committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here today. I'm going to comment on three areas that need extradition law reform. My first area of focus concerns the need for greater transparency and government disclosure of extradition-related data. One lesson learned from the media coverage of several contentious extradition cases is that the public needs to more clearly understand the extradition process, the role of the courts, the role of the minister and the timelines involved.