Re:China sentences Canadian man to death in drug case linked...
by 3pt14159 on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:47PM
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Let me try to make this as clear as I can:
Canada operates on the rule of law.
Rule of law.
Rule of law.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law
When the fucking Queen of England had a minor medical issue and was bumped in priority in the hospital she was in it was fucking news with journalists asking how this list was overseen. Our own head of state made the news because she got bumped in our hospitals.
When the Americans do a request like this it doesn't go through our political arm. It goes through our civil service and our courts. We don't have random people with the random power to bend the law. We set law and judges enforce it. Some laws we have are very flexible, like the ones we have for CSIS, etc. But we don't politick extradition.
Look I am no big fan of the Chinese political engine, but maybe Canada overstepped. The arrest of the CFO can be seen as highly political motivated, and now China is showing Canada that it too can do the same thing and arrest citizens of other countries (maybe even on flimsy grounds) or in this case use it's legal system to pressure and manipulate international relationships.
Canada got stuck in the middle (as many countries do when they do the bidding of the US) and have now got a slap on the wrist.