Leyton-Brown: Should Canada boycott the 2014 Sochi Olympics?

By:
David Leyton-Brown
/
8 August, 2013
By: David Leyton-Brown
Professor of Political Science, York University

No, a boycott primarily hurts the athletes (especially from the boycotting country). There are other more effective ways to publicly express disapproval of the offending country.

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