Murray Sinclair was a great Canadian, a great Manitoban, a great Anishinaabe.
His career stands as a legacy of public service and a deep commitment to truth, fairness and dignity for all people.
He was the first Indigenous person to be named to the Manitoba provincial court and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba. He was the first, but he will be remembered as one of the best.
He was appointed co-commissioner of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, which laid bare systemic racism within the justice system and is considered a foundational perspective on the system’s relationship with Indigenous people. He led the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest and his report spurred systematic change in the delivery of pediatric cardiac care in our province.
The penultimate moment of his career was his work as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. He approached a process that could have been divisive and instead transformed it into Calls to Action for the future of our country, helping all Canadians to learn to walk together into a future of respect and understanding where we live up to the phrase residential school survivors taught us – Every Child Matters.
It will be a long time before our nation produces another person the calibre of Murray Sinclair. He showed us there is no reconciliation without truth. We should hold dear in our hearts his words that our nation is on the cusp of a great new era and we must all “dare to live greatly together.”
On behalf of the people of Manitoba, I extend my condolences to his family and to all Canadians for the loss of Mazina Giizhik.
A sacred fire will be open to the public on the north side of the legislative building grounds until Murray Sinclair’s funeral later this week.
MAGA adherents deny and dismiss what they are a part of, but they believe Trump’s lies, and will support him until the end, @AdamSerwer writes: https://t.co/WVlnpDDifx
Palestinians are being massacred every single day by Israeli forces. It’s become the habitual premeditated slaughter of civilians. Women & children & men in their dozens, killed indiscriminately on an industrial scale.The relative silence & lack of global outrage is shattering.
Feels like judgment day in the Jabalia refugee camp. For the past hour, artillery shelling has been nonstop. Israeli occupation forces are demolishing houses while residents remain inside. The ongoing horrors include relentless bombing, continuous artillery fire, and snipers that kill anyone who moves. What they are doing is extermination and an effort to empty the entire camp of its residents by killing and starving them.
Donald Trump, who is not, in fact, the father of IVF, made at least 19 false claims in his one-hour Fox News women’s town hall.
This article could be published so fast because the vast majority of these are long-debunked repeat lies.
Fact check: https://t.co/wHpkzpfseo
Everyone knew that Israel is deliberately cutting off food aid and the essentials of life for Gaza, but the U.S. continued its support
https://t.co/O7BtLnreZT
“Israel killed them all, leaving their mother’s heart drowning in sorrow.”
On October 17, 2023, Israel took the lives of the Al-Maghari family: Sarah, Abdul Rahman, Aref, and their father Ahmad. They remained buried beneath the rubble of their home for 29 days, leaving their mother all alone, never to hear the voices of her children telling her, “You are the most beautiful mother in the world.
What's stunning is that you can watch this fast-scroll for 5 minutes straight, & then realize that you hadn't hit 5 year olds yet.
That's thousands of Palestinian babies and toddlers murdered by the Israeli military.
https://t.co/4GjCm7CBpH
On September 30, we wear orange to remember Phyllis’ story and the 150,000 Indigenous children like her who were taken from their families, communities, and cultures.
Join us tomorrow for A Day To Listen or listen now at https://t.co/uYZJT57YLC
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