The Ian Soutar Lecture Series presented by Pembroke Management
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Free Trade: Are We Losing?
For the second edition of the Ian Soutar Lecture Series, the MEI welcomed Daniel Hannan.
Daniel Hannan is a writer, a journalist, and a British politician. He has spent 19 years as Member of the European Parliament for South East England.
He is an exceptional orator. His short speech entitled “The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government” has been viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube.
He is the author of nine books, including Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World and Why Vote Leave.
Photographs taken during the event
Daniel Hannan with Annabel and Helgi Soutar.
Pascale Déry, Vice President, Communications and Development at the MEI.
Ian Aitken, Managing Partner, Pembroke Management Ltd, lead Sponsor.
Michel Kelly-Gagnon, President and CEO of the Montreal Economic Institute.
Guest speaker Daniel Hannan.
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