The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in a major decision Wednesday morning. The decision, released Wednesday by Justice Heather Holmes, means Meng must stay in Canada and keep fighting the U.S.
extradition order. “The effects of the U.S. sanctions may properly play a role in the double-criminality analysis as part of the background or context against which the alleged conduct was examined,” Holmes said in the decision. “Ms.
Meng’s application is therefore dismissed.” The legal arguments centred on whether the allegations Meng is facing in the United States would be a crime in Canada. “I cannot agree with Ms.