I remember reading Joe Clark's platform some years ago when he was leading the then "Progessive" Conservatives. The words clear, logical and sensible come to mind. Sadly these characteristics don't seem to matter all that much in politics and he was not successful. Still he has always been a voice of reason and showed great class by serving well in Mulroney's cabinet. Under Harper et al. the Conservatives have become a party of right-wing yahoos and pretty much irrelevant for me.