I would more count on Harper to be advising the widow’s lawyers on how the payment will be made so they can file the appropriate documents to seize the money before it is given to the murderer.
As for the current PM; well, why would he call the victim’s family? As far as liberals are concerned, the murderer is the victim because he went to that nasty prison for terrorists...
That is exactly what former PM Stephen Harper did.
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/13/former-pm-stephen-harper-reaches-out-to-khadr-victim
Sorry...it sounds like it was more a sympathy call than legal advice but the gesture was appreciated.