The day promised to be a fulfilling one in the life and political career of Brooks Arcand-Paul, the Alberta NDP’s Indigenous relations critic. But the Cree lawyer raised on Alexander First Nation near Edmonton had no idea how sad — and poignant — Nov. 4 would soon become. Just hours before the legislature convened, the member for Edmonton-West Henday learned of the death of Murray Sinclair, 73, a national Indigenous icon whose work drives Canada’s truth and reconciliation conversation. It’s a conversation, in fact, that informs a private member’s bill Arcand-Paul would soon present to his colleagues. “I was deeply saddened,” Arcand-Paul told The Macleod Gazette in an emailed statement. “But a small part of me knew that introducing the Reconciliation Implementation Act on this day had to be part…
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