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Former PM [Joe] Clark punched in Montreal
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 08, 2007 05:29pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, December 8, 2007 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | OTTAWA -- Joe Clark was assaulted on a downtown Montreal street last month by a man who asked if he was the past prime minister before punching him in the face and leaving him with a bloody nose.
Clark says he was walking down Sherbrooke St. on the evening of Nov. 20 on his way to a speech by former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright when he heard someone call out to him.
"A fellow called my name and said: 'Are you Joe Clark, the former prime minister?'" Clark told CanWest News Service Friday. "My initial response was to say: 'Hi' and off I went. He then came along beside me and repeated it. And I said: 'Yes.' And he then hit me once on the face. He then swiveled and was away quickly."
Clark was left shocked but not seriously hurt, he said.
"He may well have been aiming to break either my glasses or nose but he did neither. My nose sort of bloodied briefly, internally, but nothing serious," he said. "I was stunned. It hasn't happened to me before."
Like all former prime ministers, Clark is entitled to protection from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, should he or the police feel he needs it. But he says he hasn't had an RCMP bodyguard in some time. |
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