Sen. Murray Sinclair poses for a photo outside his Senate office on Parliament Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Ottawa.
Anishinaabe senator and renowned lawyer Murray Sinclair died Monday, aged 73. Matt Galloway talks to Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew about the man he knew, and his legacy.Murray Sinclair is a former judge and senator. Anishinaabe and a member of the Peguis First Nation, Sinclair was the first Indigenous judge appointed in Manitoba. He died on Monday at age 73.
I'm sorry for your loss. You were very emotional yesterday at the legislature and speaking about Murray Sinclair. What was going through your mind as you were talking about him?One of the things when we think about Murray Sinclair is that this man was the living embodiment of reconciliation in our country.
At the same time, this is a friend, this is a mentor, this is somebody that I've known my entire life. And I just think about his kids, and his grandkids, and the role of dad and husband and grandpa was so important to him that I just feel so much compassion and sympathy for their loss.Sinclair, right, is seen participating in a sweetgrass ceremony with Edward Perley from the Tobique First Nation during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in Halifax on Oct. 26, 2011.
If we get beyond just that personal motivation that he had — to me, it was really love. He presided over our swearing-in ceremony as a government last year. And one of the really remarkable things that he told us on the way into office is he said, "You have to learn to love the people even when they don't love you.
If we look back over the arc of this man's life and his career, not only did he espouse those words, I believe that he also embodied them in the actions that he took.
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