Extradition

It took only about 11 years for the Canadian court finally to realise what many people have long figured out that Lai Changxing "is a common criminal fugitive from the Chinese justice system who has had full access to Canada's immigration processes over the last 11 years", as the Vancouver Federal Court decided to deport Lai to China, thanks largely to the “extraordinary assurances” given by China, including "access to a lawyer, permission of a Canadian official to be present at the hearing of the applicant, Canadian official access to recordings of interrogations and hearings, and permission for Canadian officials to visit the applicant in prison, mitigating risk of abuse".Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper commented that "both the Canadian people and the Chinese people don’t have a lot of time for white-collar fraudsters.” Canada just has had a bit more time time than China for Lai Changxing.