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Message from the Citizens' RepresentativeMessageWelcome to our website. I hope you find the information on this site to be resourceful and informative. As a non-partisan Officer of the House of Assembly my mandate is to receive complaints from citizens who feel they have been treated unfairly with respect to their contact with provincial government departments, agencies and corporations. If my staff and I cannot mediate these complaints we will conduct independent investigations, make recommendations and report accordingly to the House of Assembly. Since this Office opened in 2002 we have met hundreds of citizens who have confidentially registered complaints. We have visited many of them in their home towns. |
 Citizens' Representative Barry Fleming |
In this regard I am committed to providing a high level of service throughout all of Newfoundland and
Labrador.
That commitment is fulfilled by regular travel to communities outside the North East Avalon. We have also had the
opportunity to meet a large number of elected officials and public employees dedicated to improving public services
throughout the Province.
I am often asked by citizens; what is it your Office does? And, how does your Office conduct its work? I hope this website will
prove to be a useful tool in answering these questions.
I invite you to browse the various links on our website to review our publications, the processes involved in filing a
complaint, and the legislation which defines what we do.
If you require further information, or wish to provide feedback on our website, I welcome you to contact our Office.
Barry Fleming, Q.C.
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BiographyBarry Fleming was appointed the Citizens’ Representative for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador by a unanimous resolution of the House of Assembly on December 6, 2006. His appointment was for a six-year term. Prior to assuming the role of Citizens’ Representative, Barry worked for twelve years with the Human Rights Commission as its first legal counsel. From January 2005 to December 2006 he was also the Commission’s Executive Director. During his time with the Commission Barry had the opportunity to advance many human rights causes including; shortening the wait lists for services for autistic children, fighting discrimination against older workers, litigating on behalf of widows facing different treatment with respect to workers’ compensation claims, and numerous and complex disability issues. In 1982 Barry graduated from Memorial University with a Bachelor of Arts (Gold Medal Economics). In 1986 he graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Laws and a Masters in Business Administration. From 1987 to 1995 Barry practiced law in the private sector. From 1989 to 1995 his focus was on assisting those fleeing communist dictatorships in Cuba, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in obtaining immigration and refugee status in Canada. Barry taught Business Law part-time at the Facility of Business, Memorial University from 1987 to 1992. He also teaches part of the Administrative Law section of the Law Society Bar Admission Course. On June 26th, 2007 he was appointed Queen’s Counsel. Barry is an elected member of the Benchers of the Law Society of Newfoundland & Labrador. |
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