In carrying out that function, it must be assumed that the trial court in the Czech Republic will fairly and appropriately deal with the appellant's allegations. Canada chooses its extradition partners with deliberation. As McLachlin J. observed in Kindler v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 1991 CanLII 78 (SCC), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 779, [1991] S.C.J. No. 63, at p. 845 S.C.R., "We sign treaties only with states which can assure us that their systems of criminal justice are fair and offer sufficient procedural protections to accused persons." In Canada v. Schmidt, 1987 CanLII 48 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 500, [1987] S.C.J. No. 24, La Forest J. said [at p. 523 S.C.R.]: [T]he courts must begin with the notion that the executive must first have determined that the general system for the administration of justice in the foreign country sufficiently corresponds to our concepts of justice to warrant entering into the treaty in the first place, and must have recognized that it too has a duty to ensure that its actions comply with constitutional standards.
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