
Alex Himelfarb
Former Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage
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Sep 11, 2026
'Don't waste patriotism': former top public servant Alex Himelfarb
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Alex HimelfarbGUEST
So it started in the 40s with a group of people who, post-war and post-Depression, were very concerned about how social democracy managed capitalism was making advances throughout the West.

Alex HimelfarbGUEST
This was the period when just about every government was some version of social democracy or socialism.

Alex HimelfarbGUEST
In the UK, following what was the Beveridge Report, they were building the welfare state, intensifying the welfare state.

Alex HimelfarbGUEST
intensified after the war, started before the war, but intensified after the war, building the power of the state and the welfare state.
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