Canadian Sovereignty
Within the last two weeks, the DEA had two seperate marijuana actions in Canada with the help from the RCMP. A drug tunnel across the border was shut down and Canadians were captured over in the US. Marijuana activist Marc Emery was arrested by request of the DEA, awaiting extradition hearings. People are concerned about Canadian sovereignty but I do not see any US infringement on Canadian sovereignty. If the US sees these people as importers of illegal drugs to the US in violation of US laws, it is fully within it rights to capture suspect in the US and request extraditions of those in Canada. What the Canadian government decided to do though is pitiful. They intentionally let the smugglers cross the border to be captured by the DEA while they could have captured and charged these Canadians in Canada. This is an underhanded and dishonourable way to handle the situation. The Canadian agents may find the Canadian courts too lenient on marijuana dealers, but to give Canadians over to the US for crimes prosecutable in Canada is a slap on the face of Canadian justice. If these agents think there is something wrong about Canadian courts, they should do their best to change it. That is what sovereign democracies do. To let someone else do their dirty works is giving away sovereignty. Let us see what the Emery case will bring. Will Canadian authorities have more backbone this time?
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