Manitoba premier eyes makeover at Crown corporation, a 'hug' for the public sector
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One day after being sworn in as Manitoba's premier, Wab Kinew was looking at shaking up the board at a Crown corporation, changing some names in the senior bureaucracy and offering civil servants a virtual hug.
Manitoba Public Insurance, the province's Crown-owned provider of vehicle insurance, is facing changes at the board level by the end of the week, Kinew said Thursday.
Some 1,700 unionized workers at the corporation have been on strike since late August.
"I would say that I think the situation at Manitoba Public Insurance, with the strike, is the one that demands the most immediate attention," Kinew told reporters before his first cabinet meeting.
"I think we'll have more news to share on that tomorrow," Kinew said when asked specifically about board member changes.
