Hearings Begin January 21st
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4639.html

I don't understand Canada, why would they bow to US and extradite Emery for something that's not even a crime in Canada?

Extradition treaties. (Edit to clarify... if they said no here we'd retaliate against them some time so they gave Mark up for the treaty even if they didn't like it) He sold seeds to people in the US and according to the DEA that broke our laws so Canada went along with it. Personally I think it's a load of garbage, they just wanted to make an example of him because he's vocal. Read the grow sites or activist forums and you'll find that seeds are caught by customs all the time and rarely does anything happen but them confiscating the seeds and replacing it with a nice little note from customs.

I'd imagine lots of people dumped grows and got rid of supplies based just on the note, no raid or prosecution needed.

Seeing as the US is on Canada's Torture watch list, since we did torture a Canadian citizen and didn't even bother to apologize, it seem like it might be pretty easy to make a case against Canada turning over ANY fugitives to US authorities.

Apparently some US officials have threatened to close the boarder to trade if Canada does not help them with the "War on Drugs" by giving up Emery and friends, but that really sounds like a hollow threat. Do the folks in Washington/Ottawa actually believe that they could close a boarder between us and 25M white folks without the neo-con free-market power base making a stink?

Canada has been accused of being a separate country in name only, if Emery gets extradited, BC is the 51st state, Canada is over. That would be a real shame, because seeking asylum in the great white north was my backup plan when the US descends into full blown fascism.