Indigenous Canadian Judge Murray Sinclair Passes Away at 73

Published NOV 5 2024

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Above: Murray Sinclair during the opening keynote of the Shingwauk 2015 Gathering. Image copyright: Archkris via Wikimedia Commons

The Spin

Sinclair was a leader for all Canadians, which is why he not only sought to shine a light on injustice but worked to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians together to reconcile the past. While the country still mourns the past, and not all of the TRC Calls to Action have been implemented, Sinclair's memory will inspire the country to finish his job after he's gone. Murray's passing should motivate the country toward more social justice.

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While he may have tried to pursue truth and reconciliation, much of Murray Sinclair's work was neither truthful nor pacifying. Sinclair exaggerated the number of children sent to residential schools and their negative educational and social impacts on Indigenous families. When you couple this with the residential school mass grave hoax, this so-called reconciliation movement has only torn Canadians apart and set Indigenous communities back.

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