Omar Khadr spends his first full day as a free man

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Omar Khadr, once the youngest prisoner held on terror charges at Guantanamo Bay, woke up this morning to his first full day of freedom. But Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has not changed his stance on the 28-year old.

Khadr was freed on bail yesterday when an Alberta judge rejected the government’s last-ditch attempt to block his release.

Khadr had this to say about his release.

“I would like to thank the Canadian public for trusting me, and I know it may be some time, but I will prove to them that I’m more than what they thought of me, I’ll prove to them that i’m a good person.”

Khadr went on to say that he’s going to have to disappoint Harper, because he’s better than the person the Prime Minister thinks he is.

And while Harper kept his comments about Khadr’s release brief, he says he continues to defend his government’s efforts to keep Khadr behind bars.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice, Peter Mckay, says he’s “cautiously optimistic” about Khadr’s future, but that Canadians shouldn’t forget that the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner was involved in terrorism.

Khadr was captured by Americans after he was wounded in Afghanistan in July of 2002, when he was only 15.

He pleaded guilty in October of 2010 before a widely discredited military commission to five war crimes, including murder in the death of Speer.

Khadr later said he had only pleaded guilty to get out of the notorious prison.

His release comes with a list of restrictions including wearing a tracking bracelet and having a curfew.

Harper says he won’t say anything further, since the matter remains before the courts.

Khadr has filed a 20-million dollar civil lawsuit claiming the government conspired with the Americans to torture him and breach his rights.