... a big win for those who attended and saw some great intellectual firepower at work.
- The Agenda, TVOntario
“...high-watt crowd and blow-out coverage.”
- The Walrus
“...former ambassador to the UN John Bolton, fired off well aimed rounds of crisp rhetoric wrapped in impeccable logic.”
- Thomas Rose, cbcnews.ca
“Crossfire came to Canada as two leading Democratic minds sparred Monday with Republican talking heads in a heated debate over U.S. national security.”
- The Globe and Mail
“...a superb 90-minute policy tag-team match on the question ‘Whether aid has done more harm than good’...”
- The CBC
“I hope there are debates of this quality and intensity in the United States to inform its voting public.”
- Richard Holbrooke
“When I was reflecting on the location of the debate, was I seriously going to fly all the way from London to Toronto to make the case for another Republican Administration - in Toronto of all places. It was a suicide mission.”
- Niall Ferguson
“... the Munk Debates elevate and enliven public discussion of the major challenges facing Canada and the world.”
- The Toronto Star
- National Post
“McCain's team, his foreign-policy adviser Niall Ferguson and conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, crushed the Obama squad...”
- The New York Post
“I really regretted not being in Toronto a few weeks ago for the inaugural Munk Debate. Thankfully you can download it...or stream it live...”
- Andrew Potter, Macleans.ca/blogs
