[gpm]

Canada absolutely should not have considered it when deciding to get involved.

Canada, like any civilized nation, should follow the rule of law. If that has consequences for our deals with and nationals living in totalitarian states, so be it. You shouldn't get to be above the law just because a big trading partner wants you to be.

Canada doesn't have a president, but the idea that our Prime Minister, or more importantly, our government respects the rule of law more than China isn't a hard sell at all. As bad as Trump is, the same is true about him (even if arguably only because the system forces it on him), and is certainly true of the American government as a whole.

[kw71]

My understanding is that these treaties are not so cut and dry. Treaty extraditions to the US have been refused on grounds of human rights, probable cause and documentation issues and I've never known of retaliation for failure to act. The US trend of "The World is My Jurisdiction" is sketchy and arguable enough for a country to refuse.

In his official actions Trump has shown that he does not know what the law even is so expecting him to respect it is like a pipe dream. And what has come out about some of his personal actions in the past doesn't give much hope either.

(I'm an American so when I speak about "our" I mean US)