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Khadr requires ‘substantial management’ to re-integrate: Toews

In a three-page decision that allowed for Khadr’s transfer, Toews outlined five areas of concern that remain in the case.

Chief among them is the fact that Khadr will require “substantial management” to re-integrate due to the fact that he’s been away from Canada for so long, said Toews.

The safety minister also said that Khadr still holds his late father -– alleged al Qaeda financier Ahmed Said Khadr -- in high regard. The Khadr family patriarch was an Egyptian-born Canadian killed by Pakistani security forces in 2003.

And in an apparent reference to comments they made during a pair of 2004 television interviews, Toews said Khadr’s mother and older sister also remain a concern, as they have “openly applauded his crimes and terrorist activities.”

Keeping up with the Khadrs: A family tree

With his return to Canada, convicted war criminal Omar Khadr is nearing the end of a long saga that began when he was just 15 years old.
But his journey only accounts for one chapter in the story of the Khadr family.

After more than a decade dominating headlines in Canada for their alleged terrorist connections and ongoing legal battles, here are their stories: