Video September 29, 2026

How Much Justice Is There in Canada’s Extradition Process?

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Almost everyone sought for extradition from Canada is extradited. Is this a sign of efficiency or of injustice? Join a panel of leading experts on Canadian extradition law and practices who discuss what actually happens when a person in Canada is sought by another country.

Panelists: Donald Bayne, Distinguished criminal defence lawyer and counsel for Hassan Diab | Julianna Greenspan, Senior partner at Greenspan Partners with extensive experience in extradition matters. | Joanna Harrington, Eldon Foote Chair in International Business and Law, and Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. | Moderator: Robert Currie, Viscount Bennett Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

While We Watch the U.S., Canada’s Democracy Is Quietly Eroding

With the precipitous decline of democracy in the United States, it is all too easy to ignore that Canada’s democracy is in decline as well. We ignore the signs at our peril.

While We Watch the U.S., Canada’s Democracy Is Quietly Eroding

With the precipitous decline of democracy in the United States, it is all too easy to ignore that Canada’s democracy is in decline as well. We ignore the signs at our peril.

Information Poverty and the Cost of Prison Library Cuts

It is widely understood that a society reveals its character in how it treats those with the least power. In Canada, that measure is under strain.Planned reductions of $132.2 million to Correctional Service Canada spending by the 2028–29 fiscal year are expected to affect institutional services, including prison libraries. Proposals to eliminate professional library staff, framed as administrative efficiency, risk removing a core element of rehabilitation. More fundamentally, they risk creating conditions of state-sanctioned information poverty behind bars.