WATCH: 'Harper in the Hot Seat': Harris on The Agenda

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WATCH: 'Harper in the Hot Seat': Michael Harris on The Agenda

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Submitted by Tyee staff, June 9, 2015

In his five-part book excerpt running all week, [ http://thetyee.ca/Series/2015/06/08/Mel-Hurtig-Book/ ] Mel Hurtig is the latest Canadian nationalist to join what Tyee columnist Crawford Kilian calls "Harperlit": a distinctly Canadian form of political horror story. [ http://thetyee.ca/Culture/2015/04/27/PM-Literary-Genre/ ]

Michael Harris is a pioneer in the genre, with his 2014 takedown of Stephen Harper, Party of One. The journalist, filmmaker and occasional Tyee contributor was on The Agenda recently recounting "Canada's radical makeover" in the lead up to the fall election.