Dallaire and Neve do not speak for me, a Canadian. This misguided attempt to lionize Khadr is quite troubling. There are far more worthy recipients of government self-abasement than Khadr--William Sampson, G20 protesters, the millions in Rwanda that suffered from official Western abandonment-- are all examples. This award is a slap in the face to those Canadians who dont join terrorist groups, who take efforts to set their children on the right path, to the mentally ill who often go without adequate resources, to the homeless,  etc. etc. who still do not receive sufficient resources in a country of plenty. This sort of response suffers from the same form of  elitism and disconnection, which underlay the rise of Trumpism in the U.S.