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MP raises case of N.B. farmer in Commons

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MP raises case of N.B. farmer in Commons
New Brunswick’s sole Liberal
MP has called for the federal government to intervene with Lebanese authorities
to safely return Henk Tepper to Canada.

June 15, 2011, Saint John, NB – New Brunswick’s sole Liberal
MP has called for the federal government to intervene with Lebanese authorities
to safely return Henk Tepper to Canada.

Beauséjour MP Dominic LeBlanc is questioning why the
government has yet to bring home the northern New Brunswick farmer. He later
told the Telegraph-Journal that he believes the federal government has the
power to intervene politically to have Tepper returned to Canada.

Tepper has now been detained in a Beirut jail for 81 days.

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