Constituency Services

When you contact my community office, my staff and I will do everything we can to assist. Your confidentiality is respected at all time. 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 Victoria-Swan Lake 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

 For additional services, check this handy resource list.