The problem is, that it was not combat in a "war".  Speer was a medic who was in the field supporting a humanitarian mission that included skirmishes initiated by a militant "terrorist" group seeking to obstruct that mission.  Speer was murdered by a terrorist named Khadr who was subsequently convicted of same.  Speer's widow has received a wrongful death judgment in an American court against Khadr and was preparing to pursue a judgement in the Canadian courts that would have seen any monies paid to Khadr go to her in recognition of that judgement.  She may or may not have succeeded - we'll never know.  However, the Trudeau government quickly and quietly paid out the monies to Khadr in advance of the announcement of the settlement to prevent that very judgement.  That, in my opinion, is wrong.