Lord, today we ask that you be with MLA Bernadette Smith. I pray that you would give her all she needs today to carry out her many tasks both at home and at work. Bless Bernadette with compassion, wisdom and love for all you place in her life and path. I ask, Lord, that you would give her vision and show her how to carry it forward. I ask that you would bless Bernadette and her family with love, health and wellness. Amen.
Bernadette Smith was first elected in a bi-election in 2017 and was re-elected in 2019. She was born and raised in the North End and is a proud Indigenous mother and grandmother. Bernadette is the co-founder of both the Manitoba Coalition of Families of Missing and Murdered Women in Manitoba (CFMMWM) and the Drag the Red Initiative. Also, she annually organizes the No Stone Unturned Concert for Missing and Murdered in Manitoba. Bernadette’s sister, Claudette Osborne, has been missing from Winnipeg since 2008.