NDP Leader Carla Beck talks hurdles in 2023 and looking ahead to 2024 election
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Global News morning anchor Chris Carr sat down with NDP Leader Carla Beck to discuss a range of topics, including the cost of living, price on carbon and parental bill of rights.
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck sat down with Global News morning anchor Chris Carr to look back on 2023 and forward to the year ahead.
Carr and Beck discussed topics including the cost of living, the price on carbon and the parental bill of rights.
Carr: A lot has happened in Saskatchewan through 2023. Right now, we’re looking back on the year that’s been and the year ahead. Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck is in studio with us. Thank you so much for joining us this morning.
Beck: Good morning, Chris. Great to be here.
Carr: Hard to believe a year has gone by. Time flies.
Beck: Time does fly. It’s difficult to believe that we’re at the end of the year already.
Carr: Well and we’re looking back on so many issues impacting Saskatchewan — cost of living, affordability right at the top for many. What have you heard from people this year in an environment with rising interest rates, elevated prices because of inflation, food, housing, transportation — it all got a lot more expensive in 2023.
Beck: Number one issue that we’ve heard all year from the people of Saskatchewan is concerns about the cost of living. You know, we’ve seen that in polling. We’ve seen that reflected in some of the numbers. But most importantly, I think this is what we’re hearing on doorstep after doorstep, through the byelections this summer, right across the province. Number one issue for families.
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