Will Premier Kinew Choose the Indigenous Prosperity Path? – Frontier Centre For Public Policy

October 21, 2023

Wab Kinew being elected as the first Indigenous premier is historic, and a golden opportunity for him to set a different course for Indigenous peoples in Manitoba.

Similarly, when Barack Obama was elected the first Black president, it was historic but there are different opinions on what that can mean.

Manitobans should adjust their expectations. Having a government led by a First Nation person for the first time does not mean First Nations and Metis people in Manitoba will automatically receive economic prosperity and quality of services that many Manitobans take for granted.

Besides that fact most aspects of Indigenous policy are set by Ottawa, so we need to be realistic.

When Obama was elected, many Black Americans felt they had a champion for their various causes – whether good or more misguided and downright wrong – when he entered the White House. Historians differ in opinion, but by and large Obama fell into the role of president who happened to be Black, not the president to serve only Black issues and causes.

Premier Kinew needs to assume that same role.

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