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• Appeared in the article Auditor-General's office to cut 60 jobs, reduce number of audits

  “This is quite an item that should very much concern parliamentarians,” Liberal Senator Pierrette Ringuette shot back to witnesses at the Senate national finance committee. Senators on this committee are receiving the first public briefing on the bill ... (more)

  8 days ago – Globe and Mail

• Appeared in the article Temp workers shouldn't be public service crutch

  Senator Pierrette Ringuette has complained about the government's practice of hiring so many temporary workers before, and she again raised the issue last week at the Senate Finance Committee. She asked Treasury Board of Canada officials what ... (more)

  10 days ago – CBC.ca

• Appeared in the article N.B. potato farmer returns home after a year in Lebanese jail

  The rest of the family who had made the long drive, along with supporter Senator Pierrette Ringuette and Lebanese lawyer Joe Karam, were also lost in a sea of hugs and kisses. Tepper's mother, Janet, cried tears of joy as she embraced nearly every ... (more)

  about 1 month ago – Calgary Herald

• Appeared in the article NB: Potato farmer's woes far from over as legal issues drag on - Daily Business Buzz

  In December, senators Pierrette Ringuette and Mac Harb travelled to Lebanon and returned saying a letter from the Canadian government would get Tepper released. In a statement, John Babcock, spokesman for Diane Ablonczy, Canada's minister of state for ... (more)

  about 1 month ago – New Brunswick

• Appeared in the article Imprisoned N.B. farmer back home

  "I'm very glad to be home. It feels good, thank you," Henk told reporters. Led by Senator Pierrette Ringuette through a private corridor he was reunited with his parents, his wife and two daughters. © Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal. (more)

  about 1 month ago – Edmonton Journal

• Appeared in the article Henk Tepper not likely to have kind words for Ottawa after year in Lebanese jail

  For example Pierrette Ringuette, the Liberal Senator for New Brunswick, has called the government's “coldness” to Mr. Tepper during his detainment “borderline cruel.” “Having been on Parliament Hill for so long, I know full well that if we had a ... (more)

  about 1 month ago – National Post

• Appeared in the article Jailed farmer returns home

  Led by Senator Pierrette Ringuette through a private corridor, he was reunited with family, which also included his parents. Tepper's wife, Ella, and his teenage daughters, Kimberly and Stephanie, were first to give Henk a longing embrace. (more)

  about 1 month ago – Edmonton Journal

• Appeared in the article New Brunswick potato farmer's woes far from over as legal issues drag on

  In December, senators Pierrette Ringuette and Mac Harb travelled to Lebanon and returned saying a letter from the Canadian government would get Tepper released. In a statement, John Babcock, spokesman for Diane Ablonczy, Canada's minister of state for ... (more)

  about 1 month ago – 660 News

• Appeared in the article New Brunswick potato farmer's legal woes far from over

  In December, senators Pierrette Ringuette and Mac Harb travelled to Lebanon and returned saying a letter from the Canadian government would get Mr. Tepper released. In a statement, John Babcock, spokesman for Diane Ablonczy, Canada's minister of state ... (more)

  about 1 month ago – Globe and Mail

• Appeared in the article New Brunswick potato farmer's woes far from over as legal issues drag on

  In December, senators Pierrette Ringuette and Mac Harb travelled to Lebanon and returned saying a letter from the Canadian government would get Tepper released. In a statement, John Babcock, spokesman for Diane Ablonczy, Canada's minister of state for ... (more)

  about 1 month ago – Global BC