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
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- *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
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Photo: Jennifer with SD 50 /school officials, and construction workers visiting GTN with Minster of Public Safety Mike Farnworth