Actually, it is.   The SCC judgment partially supported Khadr's submission that he had been denied natural justice and been treated in contravention of section 7 of the Charter concerning security of the person. The court then ruled the government cover Khadr's court costs and determine an appropriate remedy for his mistreatment.

Nowhere did the SCC recommend $10.5 million or any other financial award.   This is purely a government decision not something imposed on PM Trudeau by the SCC.  His attempt to blame the court for this is nonsense just as when at his session ending press conference he blamed the opposition for not keeping key campaign promises like electoral reform.

Khadr and his legal team demanded more than an apology and so pursued a negotiated financial settlement in civil court.   The Conservatives under Harper chose not to give in to Islamist terrorist blackmail.    The Liberals under Trudeau did.

So its political.

Stay tuned for 2019 as JT's blame shifting mounts.