Obviously many Canadians do not like having the government pay money to a man they view as a terrorist.
But on the other hand one cannot deny the wrongdoing by the governments of the day.
From Ralph Goodale, “You may want to dismiss the rule of law and the Constitution, but if you do that, you are fundamentally undermining the integrity of the country.”
From Jody Wilson-Raybould, the justice minister,  “Our rights are not subject to the whims of the government of the day, and there are serious costs when the government violates the rights of its citizens.”