Wab Kinew officially sworn in as Manitoba’s 1st First Nations premier
Manitoba’s new NDP cabinet sworn in Wednesday includes First Nations women for 1st time in province’s history. After taking his oath, Kinew greeted the crowd in the languages of seven different Manitoba Indigenous nations, and said Wednesday was the start of a new era. Kinew also said with the members of his cabinet and caucus, members of Manitoba’s LGBTQ community will have many voices in government at a time of increasingly harmful rhetoric.Once all the new MLAs are sworn in, there will be 10 Indigenous members of the Manitoba Legislature among the 34-member NDP caucus.The Progressive Conservatives enter the new legislature with 22 MLAs, while the Liberals have 1.
Source: Edited from CBC News posted Oct 18/23
Court Painter seen with portrait of Premier Wab Kinew
