“If we had continued to fight this, not only would we have inevitably lost, but estimates range from $30 to $40-million dollars that it would have ended up costing the government."

Really?  Suddenly Mr. Big Spender Trudeau suddenly cares about taxpayer money?

And does anybody believe these estimates?  Let's say Khadr ultimately would have been awarded $10 million including his legal costs, which many believe would be an incredibly high figure that courts would award.  
That would leave $20-30 million in legal costs for the government.
Let's assume that the government uses its own lawyers, each earning $250,000 per year.  That would mean that the government would be spending between 80-120 man years on this case? Are you kidding me or is this really how frivously Mr. Big Spender Trudeau manages our money?

What a joke this guy is and what fools we are to believe anything he says.