Sask. Indigenous leaders mourn ‘loss of a great man’ and urge everyone to carry on his legacy [Video]

Former Saskatchewan senator Lillian Dyck remembers Murray Sinclair as a larger-than-life figure.

“He was such a giant of a man with a very gentle but incredibly strong spirit. And to be in his presence was just, you know, you just felt so good to be around him,” Dyck said Monday.

Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), died Monday morning at the age of 73.

Sinclair was the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba and became a senator in 2016.

“I know they’ll be grieving all across the country at the loss of a great man and a great friend and a man who many Canadians loved because of the work he did and his personality and his character,” Dyck said.

Dyck recounted a conversation that showed how much Sinclair was loved.

“One of the residential school survivors here in Saskatoon was …