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Lutz Moik as Peter Munk in "Das kalte Herz" (1950)

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The Munk Debate is run by a little-known charitable foundation that is quietly bankrolling right-wing think tanks across Canada

The charitable foundation organizing a controversial debate featuring Steve Bannon is also one of the biggest funders of Canada’s network of right-wing think tanks.

The upcoming event, pitting the alt-right Donald Trump advisor and former head of the racist, far-right Breitbart.com against former George W. Bush advisor David Frum, is being organized by the Munk Debates, a “charitable initiative” of a shadowy group called the Aurea Foundation.

The Aurea Foundation was established in 2006 by Peter Munk, the billionaire former CEO of Barrick Gold – “the world’s largest gold mining company” – who passed away earlier this year.

According to its website, the Aurea Foundation “supports qualified institutions and affiliated individuals involved in the study and development of public policy,” giving “special attention” to issues like the “economic foundations of freedom” and “the strengthening of the free market system.”

In practice, the Aurea Foundation is one of the biggest funders sustaining a network of right-wing think tanks in Canada.

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Toronto-based mining company Barrick Gold, whose abysmal record of human rights abuses and environmental degradation are documented at ProtestBarrick.net, is the largest gold mining company in the world. In April 2017, two women affected by Barrick’s Porgera Valley mine in Papua New Guinea visited Toronto to attend the company’s annual general meeting (agm). They came to speak directly to shareholders about sexual violence and murder in their community, to implicate mine employees and security, and to demand compensation and justice.

Everlyn Guape and Joycelyn Mandi of Porgera Women’s Rights Watch Association have been organizing around sexual violence perpetrated by Barrick as well as working in their communities to shift the legal and cultural barriers that prevent women from sharing their stories of sexual violence. Everlyn and Joycelyn were interviewed by Ellie Ade Kur (co-founder of Silence Is Violence, an organization that aims to radically alter the culture of institutional violence on university campuses across Canada), for the program #WeAreUofT on ciut 89.5fm in November of 2017. They invited Sakura Saunders of ProtestBarrick.net and Mining Injustice Solidarity Network and Catherine Coumans of MiningWatch Canada to join the conversation and help connect their experiences at home with the University of Toronto, Peter Munk, and Canadian politics.

After the interview, Joycelyn and Everlyn attended Barrick Gold’s agm, but their applications to speak as proxies were denied. Instead, they had Catherine Coumans read their statements as they stood next to her. Security tried to push them to the back of the room, to prevent them from sitting near Catherine, but this strategy of silencing these survivors backfired as media covered the incident.2 Today, we are talking about Toronto-based mining company Barrick Gold. It is the largest gold mining company in the world, founded by University of Toronto alumni Peter Munk, whose name appears on the university’s School of Global Affairs. We’ve got incredible women in studio from the company’s mines in Papua New Guinea here to discuss their organizing around sexual violence at the hands of Barrick employees and mine security, as well as their work in their communities, from gaslighting tactics to the legal and cultural barriers that prevent women from sharing their stories of sexual violence.

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The Barrick Gold founder says his donations exceeded maximum allowable contributions in 2008, 2010 and 2012

Mining magnate and philanthropist Peter Munk has admitted he donated more than the legal limit to the Conservative party three different times.

Munk, the founder of mining giant Barrick Gold Corp., signed a compliance agreement with Elections Canada earlier this month, acknowledging that in 2008, 2010 and 2012 his donations exceeded the maximum allowable contributions in those years.

In total, he donated $2,950 more than the law allowed to riding associations in Ontario and Quebec represented by Conservative cabinet ministers as well as to a Conservative candidate’s campaign in Toronto.

While breaking election donation limits could lead to criminal charges, Munk will not be charged because he voluntarily signed the compliance agreement.

“The over-contributions were unintentional and Mr. Munk has acknowledged the oversight,” said Andy Lloyd, a spokesperson for Munk, in an email to The Canadian Press.

“He has engaged with Elections Canada to reach a compliance agreement that provides full transparency for these contributions.”

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The core of Barrick’s business model is the trade in insider information. Strategic data is regularly brought to Barrick especially by former politicians seeking to cash in on their privileged access to state secrets and global contacts acquired in the days when they held public office. Prominent among this genre of Barrick operative has been Mulroney and Baird who have followed the trail pioneered by the former US President, George H.W. Bush.

Anthony James Hall in Common Ground. Barricading democracy: Election fraud through debate rigging

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Peak-A-Boo!

These stereo console cabinets were made by Peter Munk Association, which was Canadian company Clairtone's predecessor.

Canadian businessman and philanthropist Peter Munk founded Clairtone with business partner David Gilmour in 1958. Clairtone produced ultra-stylish high-end console stereos and later televisions that became icons in product design.

Peter Munk owns Barrick Gold mining company, the world's largest gold-mining corporation. - wiki

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The Project G by Clairtone | Designed by Peter Munk & David Gilmour

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Clairtone Project G Stereo | Oiled-Walnut & Teak Console | Clairtone Sound Corporation - Founded in 1958 by Peter Munk and David Gilmour Clairtone’s acclaimed Project G stereo attracted many celebrities. Hugh Hefner and Frank Sinatra each purchased the futuristic console. Oscar Peterson thought the sound of the Project G was just as good as his live performance. In 1967, the Clairtone’s G series was so popular, the G2 appeared in the film, The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.

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