I would to announce the official opening of my Brooks office on Wednesday, 20 January, 2016. It is located at 403 – 2nd Avenue W, Suite 2, Brooks, Alberta T1R 0S3. You can contact the office by phone at 403-793-6775 or by fax at 403-793-6778. You can also reach the Brooks office by emailing martin.shields.c1@parl.gc.ca. My Constituency Assistant, Karen Kallen, is the contact at the Brooks office, and in order to serve you better, I would like to introduce her to you with this short biographical note.
Karen was born and raised on a farm near Weyburn Saskatchewan. She moved to Brooks, Alberta in 1973. Karen Worked for the local radio station Q13 from 1989 to 1993. At the same time, she studied at the Medicine Hat College for Office Technology courses.
In fall of 1993 Karen went to work for the newly elected MP Monte Solberg as the Constituency Assistant in the Brooks office until fall of 2008 when he retired from politics. She then went on to work for LaVar Payne, MP for the Medicine Hat Constituency until October 2015. Now, Karen brings her many years of expertise working for MPs in our area to my team as my Constituency Assistant for the Bow River riding. Karen spends her free time hiking, camping, and cruising on her Honda Goldwing with her husband Huby.
Karen and Huby have been happily married for the past 22 years, have 2 daughters, 1 son and 5 Grandchildren.
I would also like to remind you that my Ottawa office is fully operational and is staffed by two assistants. My Executive Assistant Holly Michalchuk and my Legislative Assistant Andrew Poncia are available to assist with any parliamentary issues or questions you may have. My Ottawa office can be reached by phone at 613-992-0761 or by fax at 613-992-0768. You can also reach Holly or Andrew by email at martin.shields@parl.gc.ca.
We would be happy to assist you with any federal Government of Canada issues or problems that you may have such as EI, CPP, and OAS issues, as well as cases relating to immigration. Please let us know and we will do our best to answer your questions or point you in the right direction.
Please feel free to keep in touch by liking my Facebook page www.facebook.com/MartininBowRiver or on Twitter by following @MartinBowRiver. I will continue to work hard for constituents in Bow River, to earn your trust as your representative in the House of Commons.
