What is the legal test for a Minister of Justice to surrender a person to the requesting state?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from U.S.A. v. Boyachek, 2014 BCCA 437 (CanLII):
The decision of the Minister to surrender a person sought by a requesting state is subject to substantial deference and a standard of reasonableness as noted in Lake v. Canada, 2008 SCC 23 at paras. 34 and 41. Legal Parameters
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