University of Ottawa Speech on Thursday

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By David Henderson, Sep 29 2019

On Thursday, October 3, I’ll be giving a speech at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario.

Topic: An Economist’s Case for a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy

Host: Institute for Liberal Studies (in cooperation with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs)

Time: 3:30 p.m., Thursday.

Place: Minto Sports Complex, Room E218

If you attend, please come up and say hi afterwards.

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