Did Canada pay Khadr too much, its veterans too little, or a bit of both?

Omar Khadr’s settlement at the very least provokes conversation so that veterans do not have to suffer in silence. Maybe, politicians and bureaucrats will likewise comprehensively settle with veterans and their families.

Omar Khadr, pictured when he was 14 years old. Mr. Khadr’s settlement at the very least provokes conversation so that veterans do not have to suffer in silence, writes Sean Bruyea.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY SEAN BRUYEA

July 17, 2017

OTTAWA—Fierce and passionate responses surround Omar Khadr’s reported $10.5-million settlement. Some have compared the amount to what Canada begrudgingly gives its soldiers injured and killed in the line of duty. We should listen to them. Calculations to arrive at settlements for both Khadr and...

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