Vancouver's "Prince of Pot" has a little bit of breathing room - at least until the end of the year.

B.C. Marijuana Party president Marc Emery was to appear in court today for his extradition hearing to the United States. Instead, he will be at a rescheduling hearing on Wednesday, he said. The actual extradition hearing will be at the end of the year and he's glad for the extra time.

"We can really use this delay," he said. "There are no good defences we can come up with right now."

According to Emery, lawyers are negotiating a deal with prosecutors that could see him serve his sentence in Canada instead of the U.S.

Emery and two others are facing up to life in prison in the U.S. for selling marijuana seeds across the border.