Year in review: N.L. NDP Interim Leader Jim Dinn talks guaranteed basic income, healthcare, housing, just-transition to greener economy | SaltWire

NDP interim leader Jim Dinn. -Joe Gibbons/The TelegramThis year, many of the issues Newfoundland and Labrador politicians tried to address were the local impacts of global problems — the soaring cost of living, a health-care system in crisis, natural disasters occuring as a result of climate change and the ramifications of the war in Ukraine.

The Telegram interviewed the three party leaders and asked them to reflect on 2022, but also to look ahead to the challenges they will continue to confront in 2023.Struggle for awareness: Ukrainian refugees in Newfoundland and Labrador hope people don’t tune out the daily horrors of war"One thing that we have been working towards achieving as a caucus is to get that committee going on guaranteed basic income. And we finally got that.

"Otherwise, on a personal level for me is just the ability every now and again to get the person housed who needs to be housed, or to get the person who needs that extra bit of support for food, to get those things for them.""One: we've got to address the issues on affordability in terms of how do we make sure people are able to afford to put food on the table, to pay for housing and so on and so forth. We will be pushing for some form of guaranteed basic income.

"Two: to make sure that the health-care system is robust and serving the needs of the people of the province. Let's get these collaborative health-care clinics up and running ASAP. I think that will resolve some of the pressures on the system.

"Three: to make sure that we start looking at just-transition legislation to make sure that as we transition from fossil fuels to a greener economy we're doing so in a way that benefits our workers, our communities, our environment and our economy — not just simply the corporations who stand to make money."It has been our privilege to have the trust and support of our East Coast communities for the last 200 years. Our SaltWire team is always watching out for the place we call home.

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