Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew wants to create a new prayer to open sessions of the Manitoba legislature — one that reflects and includes the views of Manitobans of all faiths, as well as atheists.
To do that, he plans to set up a roundtable to consult Manitobans about what kind of prayer they’d like to see prayed before the province’s MLAs get down to business.
If a small online sample of 56 people last week is any indication, what most Manitobans want is no prayer at all. That was the feeling of 71 per cent of those who offered their opinion about the premier’s idea.
Meanwhile, faith leaders in the province think it might be best
to either have a variety of different prayers—no one prayer could satisfy
everyone—or just a moment of silence.
Read more about what people think in my April 20 Free Press column.
Photo above: John Woods, Canadian Press
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