Sinclair is pictured at the October 2023 swearing-in ceremony for Kinew's NDP government.
Murray Sinclair, a former senator, judge and the chief commissioner of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is being remembered by Manitoba leaders for his decades as a champion of the rights of Indigenous people.Murray Sinclair is pictured at the swearing-in ceremony for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's NDP government in October 2023. Sinclair, who died Monday, was Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge, led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and served as a senator.
"It will be a long time before our nation produces another person the calibre of Murray Sinclair," Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said during Monday's question period at the legislature. "I want you to think of it that way. I want you to think of the fact that we are now entering a new phase," Sinclair said.
"We're going to have to really honour their legacy for everything that they've done for us — Manitoba and Canada," Kennedy said.Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee said it's difficult to "imagine a Canada without Justice Murray Sinclair."
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