In contrast,if Harper's Tories were in gov't they'd spend FAR more taxpayer money than $10.5 mill. in compensating Khadr&in wasted legal fees. More prudent&responsible to settle out of court for $10.5 mill.&cease wasting further legal expenses fighting a civil case the Supreme Court's rulings in Khadr's favour ensured Khadr would win - with a big pay-out (asking for $20mill., not $10.5) -  against a gov't the SCC ruled had violated his rights, breaking the law&being complicit in torture&abuse of  a Canadian citizen&minor. Harper fighting the civil case was another demonstration of his corrosive contempt for the rule of law&denigration of our highest court which understands Canadian&international law better than Harper & his rouge-necked suporters could.

Hypocritical rouge-neckers are all for laws against state sanctioned torture of Canadian minors - unless the victim's associated with a group "we really don't like" - then they're not for rule of law anymore, but are for MOB RULE.

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