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.

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