Opinion | Murray Sinclair sought to build a pathway toward mutual understanding and healing for future generations – The Star
Nov. 6, 2024
Canada just lost one of its most important citizens. The death of Murray Sinclair has already generated dozens of testimonials and fond remembrances for an individual who transformed Indigenous-newcomer relations in Canada and who worked extraordinarily hard to get the country on a path to sustainable reconciliation.
The Canada of Murray Sinclair’s youth was, for Indigenous Peoples, a harsh and unforgiving place.
In waves of paternalism and government intervention, Indigenous Peoples were moved off their lands, onto reserves or into the cities and, far too often, into the courts and prisons.
