Hi, anton/11.  

Most commenters--perhaps you, too--don't realize what a bargain this is.  Khadr and his lawyers originally sued for $20 million.  So, the government beat them down to 50% plus change.  

But your comment on "new precedent" is valid enough.  Unfortunately, according to Minister Goodale, we won't know the details because they are confidential...so was were the awards given out to three other Muslim Canadians just last March, for much the same rights-and-freedoms reasons.  Collectively, they were asking $100 million.  No word at all about those out-of-court settlements.