Swearing in ceremony for Manitoba premier scheduled to take place next week
Posted October 13, 2023 1:31 pm.
Manitoba’s new premier and cabinet are scheduled to be sworn in Wednesday.
Wab Kinew and his NDP inner circle are to take oaths in a ceremony at The Leaf _ a botanical attraction at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg.
The government says the ceremony will be colourful, with singers and dancers, and will honour the seven Indigenous nations in Manitoba.
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The New Democrats won last week’s provincial election after seven years in Opposition.
Kinew says his cabinet will reflect the province geographically, culturally and as a society.
The last time the government changed hands, in 2016, the Progressive Conservatives held a swearing-in ceremony at the Canadian Museum For Human Rights.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2023
