For more than four decades, Canadian nationalist, publisher and best-selling author, Mel Hurtig, has been warning Canadians about the negative influences of the excessive corporate takeover of Canada, including the impacts of foreign ownership and so-called free-trade agreements.

In this short but important listen, Mel Hurtig turns his attention to the devastating impact that the Stephen Harper government has had on Canada, radically altering the democratic, social, and economic fabric of the country. He shows how Stephen Harper's single-minded pursuit of big oil and the tar sands, at a time when the world must take dramatic action to arrest climate change, has inflicted enormous damage on our country and international reputation. He contends that Harper rose to power with an agenda so contrary to Canadian principles and values that the only way he could pursue it was through a takeover of Canadian democracy.

Mel Hurtig is the legendary Edmonton bookseller, publisher, and creator of The Canadian Encyclopedia. He became a political activist, then an author in 1991 with his huge best seller The Betrayal of Canada. He is also the author of Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids, The Vanishing Country, Rushing to Armageddon and The Truth About Canada. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has received many honorary degrees among other honors.