Jennifer Rice MLA North Coast

Jennifer Rice was elected MLA for North Coast in 2013, 2017 and re-elected in 2020 and is the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health.

Jennifer previously served as the Official Opposition critic for Northern Economic Development, Rural and Northern Health, and was deputy critic for Children and Family Development.

When you contact my community office, my staff and I will do everything we can to assist. Your confidentiality is respected at all times. To give you a better idea of how we can help, please review the following information.

What my Community Office can help you with:

*Provide information on locating government services and contact information
*Assist in understanding government policies and services
*Assist in navigating through government bureaucracy
*Ensure due process is being followed
*Attend community events
*Accept practicum students
*Provide congratulatory and greeting messages
*Provide government documents, legislation discussion papers and other web-based forms if you don’t have internet access
*Resolve issues you may be having with provincial ministries or agencies. However, by law, there are some things we cannot help you with.
Photo: Jennifer with Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth with local RCM-SAR Masset members

We can help you if:

*You are a resident of the North Coast riding and,
*Your matter is with the provincial government.

Unfortunately, we cannot help you if:

*You have or need to retain a lawyer to represent you pertaining to your case;
*Your matter is pending before the courts.
*The police are involved. We cannot make inquiries about police investigations. If you have a complaint about police conduct, please direct them to the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner.

We are unable to:

*Offer legal advice or assist with legal action
*Overturn the decision of any provincial government ministry or body
*Influence processes set up in law to be independent of the Legislature –such as Ombudsman, Police Complaints Commissioner. Representative for Child and Youth, professional and other
*Change the time limits for filing appeals
*Take on casework that is federal or municipal in nature
*Interfere with federal or municipal issues
*Settle disputes between businesses or neighbours
*Find constituents housing
*Find constituents employment
Photo: Jennifer with SD 50 /school officials, and construction workers visiting GTN with Minster of Public Safety Mike Farnworth