 When the case reached the Supreme Court, the appellants argued that section 6(1) should be interpreted in the way it was meant, namely to guard against arbitrary exile and not extradition, which may not be a permanent removal and does not terminate Canadian citizenship.Hansard from 1981, just before the implentation of the "Charter", was cited to reinforce this point.Nevertheless, the Supreme Court majority decision, written by Gerard La Forest, cited "Re B.C.