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He recently appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart discussing his book "Independent Nation" (you can view the interview here), during which he talked about how Americans are living in an incredibly polarized time, and how this isn't normal. It's not that the American people are so polarized, he said -- the centrists are actually the majority -- it's that the parties and debates are being controlled by the extremes.

Michel started his career as a police officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) before being recruited by CSIS. He has performed duties as Criminal Investigator, Intelligence Officer in both Counter Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, and also as Strategic Expert on Global and Emerging Issues where he studied and assessed the development of agro-terrorism and its potential impact on Canada. He was appointed very early in his career as Chief of National Requirements and later as Chief of Contingency and Emergency Planning for CSIS where he and his team were able to develop and implement the first Contingency and Emergency Plan for CSIS. This plan received the "Best Practices in the Federal Government" special distinction from the Federal Treasury Board. His knowledge of Asia brought him a Directorship of the Strategic Analysis Unit, Asia/Pacific. He also led a special joint project with the RCMP analyzing Chinese Organized Crime. To that effect, his team performed a special intelligence assessment on the activities of organized crime in various fields.