John Ralston Saul sets the table for lively appetizing political talk

Saul explores 'essential' qualities of humanity, how they can be used for equilibrium to foster ethical society

When Prime Minister Jean Chrétien asked the Queen to appoint Adrienne Clarkson Governor General, he did not tell Her Majesty that Madame Clarkson's husband, the philosopher John Ralston Saul, should be put on the payroll to offset an enforced inability to make a living.

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