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Michelle Weinroth

Michelle Weinroth holds a PhD in Cultural Studies. Since 2016, she has studied the role of Canada’s extradition law in relation to the Hassan Diab affair.


Canada’s extradition law desperately needs reform

The core injustice of the 1999 Extradition Act can be seized in a simple statistic. Canada grants foreign states their extradition requests 90 per cent of the time, deferring to its state partners at the expense of its own nationals.

opinion | BY MICHELLE WEINROTH | May 24, 2023