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Zikten posted...

but 10 million dollars is not right. that's a reward for terrorism

adjl posted...

Exclusively blaming [Trudeau] for that $10.5 million is extremely short-sighted, and represents a gross misunderstanding of the actual situation.

Furthermore, Khadr's payout was not an example of providing support services to assist with reintegration. That was the settlement following a Supreme Court finding that Khadr's fundamental human rights as a Canadian citizen (as laid out in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms) had been violated when Canada let him be taken to Gitmo to have a confession tortured out of him, resulting in his conviction. The Canadian government paid Khadr because the Canadian government ****ed him over, and that's not a partisan thing (Khadr's capture and detention began under Chretien (LPC), continued under Martin (LPC), his conviction, transfer to Canada, appeal, eventual release, and the unanimous SCC decision that his rights had been violated happened under Harper (CPC), and the settlement happened under Trudeau (LPC)).

It's also worth noting that his conviction was for "murder in violation of the laws of war" for allegedly throwing a grenade that killed an American soldier during a firefight, which seems like a stretch to me even without considering that such an offence didn't even exist at the time of the incident. Acting like it's a war crime to kill an enemy soldier in such an ordinary manner seems pretty ridiculous to me.
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