The Munk Debates are a semi-annual series of
debates
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on major policy issues held in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. They are run by the Aurea Foundation, a charitable foundation set up by
Peter Munk
Peter Munk (November 8, 1927 – March 28, 2018) was a Hungarian-Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of a number of high-profile business ventures, including the hi-fi electronics co ...
, founder of
Barrick Gold
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, and his wife Melanie Munk. The debate series was founded in 2008 by Munk and
Rudyard Griffiths
Rudyard Griffiths (born 1970) is a Canadian author, television broadcaster, and philanthropic adviser. He has been a columnist at the ''National Post,'' ''Toronto Star'' and The Hub and a television anchor on CTV News Channel and the Business ...
, who moderates most of the debates.
The Munk debates are held in Toronto, at steadily larger venues as they have proven popular. Tickets are sold to the general public, and sell out shortly after being made available.
A poll is taken from the audience both before and after each debate. The winner of the debate is determined by how many people are persuaded to move from one opinion side to the other. The debates have been broadcast on
CBC Radio
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's ''
Ideas
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'' as well as
CPAC. The more recent ones have also appeared on international broadcasters including
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''Meaning there was initially a mistake made with the counting of the votes that was corrected later''
, resulting in calls by several Canadian politicians for that debate to be cancelled.
over the debate resulted in the arrest of 12 people.
The debate was held anyway. The next day, the Munk Debates announced a correction: a "technical error" had led to releasing an inaccurate debate result, wrongly stating that Bannon's arguments had swayed the audience in favor of populism. Actually, there was no net change in audience opinion.
In 2019, the debates continued to be "financially underwritten by the Canadian charitable foundation, Aurea."
.
were invited. Singh, Scheer and May agreed to attend.
was not invited.