Clinton backer concedes Obama will take the prize
May 27, 2008, National Post

At a combative, spirited debate that imported some of the United States' most influential foreign policy thinkers to Canada yesterday, a major Hillary Clinton supporter conceded that Barack Obama will likely be the Democratic Party's next candidate for president.

The surprising remark came from Richard Holbrooke during the kickoff to a Toronto debating series that brought together the Clinton foreign policy advisor with John McCain advisor Niall Ferguson and former Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power, as well as Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer.

'Crossfire' comes to Canada
May 27, 2008, Globe and Mail Update

It was as though Crossfire had come to Canada as two leading Democratic minds sparred Monday with Republican talking heads in a heated debate over U.S. national security.

An impressive crowd of Canadian intelligensia gathered at the ROM to hear the inaugural Munk Debate, a new biannual event launched by Peter and Melanie Munk, on the topic: "The world is a safer place with a Republican in the White House."

Would the world be safer with a Republican in the White House?
May 25, 2008, Globe and Mail
Would another Republican in the White House make the world a safer place? Richard Holbrooke says absolutely not. Niall Ferguson says absolutely yes. It's a brawl of the brains, and it's coming to Canada on Monday, when they square off in Toronto at the inaugural Munk Debate, on global security and the U.S. election.

Quip, Munk!
Gold tycoon lands star pundits to predict the future of America
May 22, 2008, National Post
Get set for a good ol' American dog fight, right here next week on this side of the border, courtesy of the unpoor Peter and Melanie Munk.Call it a debate, call it a beehive, call it just the sort of brawl that'd drive Chris Matthews cuckoo and get him weeping tears of pure pundit joy!

Debate this: GOP keeps us safe
May 19, 2008, The Toronto Sun
Next Monday, the inaugural Munk Debate takes place at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum on the issue: "Be it resolved that the world is a safer place with a Republican in the White House." What makes this significant is the
quality of the four debaters -- and prospects of the most unusual U.S. presidential election in the lives of most of us.

Safer for world if McCain wins, Americans say
April 22, 2008, National Post
A slim majority of Americans believes the world would be safer if Republican John McCain became the next president of the United States. Canadians? Not so much. A new Ipsos Reid survey of Canadian and American political attitudes finds sharp differences in perceptions of the U.S. presidential candidates and, by extension, their parties on global security.

Peter Munk's golden rule
April 12, 2008, The Globe and Mail
Striding into the office fresh from Europe, the impossibly dapper octogenarian Peter Munk steals a moment to fix his intense gaze out his 37th-floor window and take it all in. He is rewarded with a sprawling vista of a city that he regards with deep gratitude and passion.

Mr. Griffiths's second act
April 12, 2008, The Toronto Star
Ten years ago, Toronto native Rudyard Griffiths co-founded the Dominion Institute to promote knowledge of Canadian history and became the go-to guy for media seeking comment on matters of national identity. Today, the work of the Dominion Institute continues, but Griffiths is heading up a new project - a series of biannual public debates, to be launched May 26 at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Businessman Munk launches debate series
April 11, 2008, National Post
With Members of Parliament who routinely heckle, point fingers, thump their fists - and occasionally refer to their floor-crossing ex-girlfriends as dogs - it is perhaps no wonder more than three-quarters of Canadians recently told pollsters they find the quality of public debate in this country "superficial and one-sided."

Munk Debates aim to energize discussion on public policy
April 11, 2008, The Globe and Mail
A new debate series designed to energize Canadian public discourse about major policy issues will debut next month, sponsors Peter and Melanie Munk are set to announce today. The Munk Debates will start with events twice a year, in spring and fall, with the first on May 26 featuring four prominent speakers on the question of whether the world is safer with a Republican in the White House.