The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
– Repeated setbacks –
Canada has a longstanding extradition treaty with the United States, requiring it to cooperate with US Department of Justice requests to hand over suspects.
The offense for which extradition is being sought must also be a crime in Canada.
A Canadian court must decide if there is sufficient evidence to support the extradition, but then it is left to Canada’s justice minister to sign the order.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Canada’s arrest of Meng, saying politics played no part in the decision.
“I can assure everyone that we are a country (with) an independent judiciary,” Trudeau told a tech conference in Montreal.
Huawei’s affordable smartphones have made strong inroads in the developing world, but the company has faced repeated setbacks in major Western economies over security concerns.
Canadian officials have said Ottawa was continuing to review Huawei’s technology for use in upcoming fifth-generation networks.
The company faces being shut out of Australia, New Zealand and US 5G rollouts, and British telecom group BT revealed on Wednesday it was removing Huawei equipment from its core cellular network.
The five nations together form the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance.
