Manitoba Premier-Elect Wab Kinew, walks to the Premier's office to meet with outgoing Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson in Winnipeg, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.
Although Wab Kinew continues to reiterate that he's not out to make history for his ethnicity as Manitoba's first Anishinaabe premier, there's no denying that his community and cultural ties will bring something new to the premier's office.Wab Kinew, Manitoba's premier-designate, is pictured walking to the premier's office to meet with outgoing premier Heather Stefanson on Thursday.
"I was given a second chance in life, and I would like to think that I've made good on that opportunity," Kinew said in his Tuesday victory speech.On Wednesday, Kinew said the election was about fixing health care and rejecting division, repeating a message he sent throughout the campaign that being a First Nations person does not add more load to the premier's role, and that his mission is to serve all Manitobans.
Instead, his initiation as a sun dance chief came during one of the lowest points of his life, following assault and impaired driving convictions in the early 2000s, which he later received pardons for. He received his education in Winnipeg, after moving there as a child for elementary school, and holds university degrees in economics and Indigenous governance.
Kinew became a rising star at the public broadcaster, reporting and hosting for radio and televisions shows both locally and nationally. "I think he has an ability to listen and look at all sides," said Moeller. Axworthy's advice to anyone not familiar with Kinew is to watch and listen. He says the NDP leader will bring a fresh voice to the province and the country.
Kinew is pictured singing at a 2014 event marking the retirement of the University of Winnipeg's former president Lloyd Axworthy, who is seen watching with his wife. Manitoba NDP leader accuses PCs of 'sowing seeds of division,' hints at racism in focus on his past"His past was what motivated him, because he wanted to see that that path would be a driver for what he could do in the future.
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