Anishinabek Nation congratulates Justice Sinclair on Senate appointment

UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) March 18, 2016 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee congratulates Justice Murray Sinclair on his Senate appointment.

“Mizanay Gheezhik – Justice Murray Sinclair, is deserving of this appointment,” says Grand Council Chief Madahbee. “We are proud that he will be representing Indigenous Peoples interests in an under-represented government body. The work that he did with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is an example of how he will seek the truth for First Nations people in Canada.

Justice Sinclair was appointed the Chair of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission in June 2009. The Commission’s mandate is to inform all Canadians about what happened in Indian Residential Schools and document the accounts of survivors, families, communities and anyone personally affected by the Indian Residential Schools experience.