The Munk debates are held in Toronto, at steadily larger venues as they have proven popular.
The winner of the debate is determined by how many people are persuaded to move from one opinion side to the other.
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.
[3] In 2019, the debates continued to be "financially underwritten by the Canadian charitable foundation, Aurea.
[7] A scheduled November 2024 debate on Donald Trump's upcoming second term as US president had to be cancelled at the last minute when one of the signed debaters, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was nominated by Trump for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services and was told by the administration not to engage in public discussions before his Senate confirmation hearing.