Yep, instead of letting the courts settle this, it's yet another taxpayer cheque signed off by the PM.  

Wherever that $10.5 M lands, it's gone from the public purse, and it's time to focus on the other wasteful, low value or  unmeasured programs that Trudeau has either initiated, prolonged or failed to streamline.  It all adds up.  

There is absolutely no reason to be running large deficits when the economy is strong.  Whether the stimulus money catalyzed the recent growth (not likely as project disbursements are behind schedule), or whether external/market/monetary factors were the drivers, it is time to pivot and become more fiscally prudent.  We are otherwise mortgaging future generations, and likely also saddling current ones with higher taxes in the not so distant future.

The Khadr money is a drop in the bucket compared to this other waste, but it may well catalyze a backlash against this irresponsible and arrogant government.