Murray Sinclair honoured at memorial service [Video]

Winnipeg –

Applause erupted over and over at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg Sunday as the son of Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, spoke about his father.

Niigaan Sinclair said his dad “was a first” in every room he walked into.

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“It was impossible to go through a mall without 17 people, two of them he’d sentenced to jail at one point, coming up to him and saying how much they appreciated him,” he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the memorial service for Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, in Winnipeg on Sunday Nov. 11, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma)

Murray Sinclair’s death Monday at the age of 73 was met …