The president of the Manitoba Métis Federation is celebrating Louis Riel Day a little differently this year.
He and the province’s premier spent part of the statutory holiday at the Manitoba Legislature, unveiling a new portrait that honours Louis Riel — who led a provisional government and led negotiations that paved the way for the province’s entry into Confederation in 1870 — as Manitoba’s first premier.
“We waited 154 years for this, and we never gave up on correcting the wrong,” said MMF president David Chartrand on CBC’s Information Radio Monday.
“This is about correcting history and the shame and the hardship we have
