The world according to former PM Joe Clark

We were fortunate enough to have a few minutes with former prime minister Joe Clark on the Morning News. Clark remains the youngest PM in our history (he was 39 when he took office in 1979). And he also served as secretary of state for external affairs and minister of constitutional affairs.  

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The depth and breadth of his knowledge of the world and of our country exceeds probably everyone we’ve had as a guest on the Morning News. So we thought we would tap into that.

Give me a country we should visit: South Africa

Name a Canadian historical figure we should know more about: Sir John A. MacDonald

Who is the best prime minister since you?: Brian Mulroney

And further to my ongoing debate with Eva (I contend that ABBA is terrible; she continues to disagree), Mr. Clark admitted he had no idea who ABBA is. That made me think his first 74 years have been pretty blessed.