All these posts people are putting out there blaming Justin Trudeau for this settlement need to know some facts:
-Omar was a child when this incident occurred. He was a a child when he was sent to Guantanamo Bay where he was tortured. If you think it is ok to torture people, even children, without consequence I see a huge issue with that.
-he is also a Canadian citizen. His rights as a citizen were violated. The Canadian government turned their back on him and knew he was being tortured. Not Justin Trudeau but prime ministers like Harper.
-his confession was obtained though torture. He was finally given an ultimatum: confess and be transferred to a Canadian prison with more humane conditions or maintain innocence and spend the rest of his life in Guantanamo Bay possibly being tortured. He, himself has said he has no memory of the event. He may have thrown the grenade, he may not have. He just happened to be the only person who survived in that house. A house he was left at as a minor. He was blamed. There is no concrete evidence. If there was he would have spent the rest of his life in a Canadian prison after a fair trial. He didn't get a trial at all.
-Justin Trudeau didn't offer him money. It's not a decision he makes, despite how badly conservatives want to blame him for this. His settlement was decided upon by the Supreme Court, which Trudeau does not control. It's called separation of powers. It's the same court that would rule a payment to you if the government had violated your charter rights.
The fact is you are mad that a minor, a child, a Canadian citizen may be guilty of something or may not be and was tortured, again as a child, and the Supreme Court of Canada ruled this was wrong and mandated the government pay him.
Finally, since he was released from prison he has been a model law abiding citizen. A university student.