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In Conversation with David Frum: A law school's Gaza war controversy & Conservative poll numbers

Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss controversies on university campus in general and Toronto Metropolitan University in particular in response to the Israel-Hamas war, and new polling that shows Canada's federal Conservative Party with a strong lead over the Trudeau government as the Parliament breaks for the summer.


The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.


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