Who cares about public opinion? Much of it is uninformed. Does Bieber's opinion count here? Maybe the people opposed to the settlement could volunteer to give up some of their rights under the charter. Or describe how they would feel if Trudeau were ever selective of which rights they could count on enjoying and which not.

A court of law found the Canadian government violated Khadr's rights. Because it did. When that happens, there is a settlement coming.  As a poster below puts it, "the 2010 decision confirmed the main issue of the damages case - Charter violation liability - making compensation a foregone conclusion." And the judge? "Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said, 'First, our rights are not subject to the whims of the government of the day. And second, there are serious costs when the government violates the rights of its citizens.'"  We should be discussing charter violation, not the settlement.