Letters

Why we’re paying Omar Khadr
The most important reason to compensate Omar Khadr is to assure that the next Canadian “child soldier” receives the treatment that, according to Canadian and international law, she or he is entitled to receive.  
A child who was moved to a war zone at the age of 10, “gifted” to a fighting group, surrounded by adults who would kill him if he tried to desert, and attacked by other adults intent on destroying the whole group, is no