September 9, 2015 – Toronto, Canada
Re: Response to the Wednesday, September 9 Liberal Party
statement regarding the Munk Debates.
In all of our public and private communications with the three party leaders
invited to take part in the Munk Election Debate on Canada’s Foreign Policy,
we indicated that our event would have “bilingual components”. The draft
format that we proposed to the parties last week includes components
conducted in both official languages. At no time did we state that the
debate would be bilingual.
Regarding our ticketing procedure for the debate, The Munk Debates have
over 30,000 paid and unpaid members. We made the tickets available to
our thousands of members today, with any remaining tickets offered to our
unpaid members and the general public on Friday. The cost of organizing
this debate, as with all our debates, is considerably more than the revenues
generated through ticket sales. As such, our ability to hold this debate for
the public’s benefit is only possible thanks to a generous charitable subsidy
made possible by the Aurea Foundation.
We hope that we will have the opportunity to have a constructive dialogue
with all three parties regarding the format for our debate, and host all three
leaders in Toronto on Monday, September 28.”
The Munk Election Debate on Canada’s Foreign Policy, Canada’s first-ever
federal election debate devoted to foreign policy issues, is scheduled to
take place on Monday, September 28 at 7:00 PM EDT at Toronto’s Roy
Thomson Hall.
The Munk Debate will be broadcast in French and English via CPAC and
through an online distribution and broadcast partnership with Facebook
Canada. Viewers can also watch the debate live via www.munkdebates.com
in French or English. A broadcast-quality feed of the debate will be made
available to other networks who wish to carry it.
For more information on the Munk Debates please visit
www.munkdebates.com.
Media inquiries and interview requests should be directed to:
Sherry Naylor
sherry@munkdebates.com

 416-368-8253

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