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OTTAWA — The first opinion poll carried out since the government apologized and paid $10.5 million in compensation to former child soldier Omar Khadr suggests the Liberals will pay a political price for the decision.

Seven out of 10 Canadians say the government made the wrong call by settling out of court, according to an online survey conducted by the Angus Reid Institute over the weekend.

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The poll suggested 71 per cent of Canadians are of the opinion the Trudeau government should have fought Khadr’s lawsuit and left it to the courts to decide whether he deserved compensation and an apology.

Not surprisingly, 91 per cent of past Conservative supporters disagree with the decision.

More worrying for the Trudeau government is that 61 per cent of past Liberal voters also think the government did the wrong thing (along with 64 per cent of 2015 NDP supporters).

The sample of 1,521 Canadian adults who are part of the Angus Reid Forum has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 per cent, 19 times out of 20.