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alex himelfarb

@alexhim.bsky.social
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Former federal public servant and academic, NGOs, writer. Most recent book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump times:Canada’s Challenge

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Anaximander's Elbows Up Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Starting with the best definition of neoliberalism I've read. "I think of neoliberalism as a single-minded focus on economic growth — as the answer to whatever ails us, and that growth is best achieved by removing as many barriers to profit as politics allows - cut taxes, deregulate, privatize."
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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Lindsay Brambles🇨🇦 @linzi-the-artist.bsky.social · 1h
#Canada #Trump #Canadians #economics #MarkCarney Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America? open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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freeworld__🍁🌻📎 @freeworld99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Building a less dependent, more sustainable, equitable, and democratic Canada
We share an extract from a new book by Alex Himelfarb in an effort to explore what principles should guide how we choose what we build and what investments we welcome.
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Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎 @capeacadia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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The Q&A: “We need debate. Governments are at their best when challenged.”
Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their new books about Canada in Trump times
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Read it: "Again, these moves are not entirely new to Canada. As former Privy Council clerk Alex Himelfarb argues in his recent book, Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times, the Reagan-Thatcher revolution was adapted to Canadian circumstances by successive governments rather than rejected."
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Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦 @kaicable.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians by Denise Hearn & Vass Bednar Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge: What it will take to deal with American decline, inequality and the climate crisis by Alex Himelfarb Some excellent reads. #cdnpoli #canada #booksky
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SJ Thompson 🍁🇨🇦 @sjsthompson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 9m
thanks Seth
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 9m
we fight even if nobody seems to be listening
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 07/10/2026
Can we break free of neoliberalism — and America? I speak with former clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb about his latest book. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/can-we-bre...
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 1h
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Star Editorial Board: Why the Nobel Prize for Canadian poet Anne Carson is, well, poetic
At a time when Canadian culture is under attack, here is a victory for work that could not have emerged from elsewhere.
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simongood.bsky.social @simongood.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is the lens every Canadian should be looking at any deal.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America? Great interview between @davidmoscrop.com & @alexhim.bsky.social, discussing Alex's important new book 👇 open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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simongood.bsky.social @simongood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Another great interview with @alexhim.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
thanks Simon
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
4% vs 40% nothing to it
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?
In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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A Peace Agenda For Canada
Adapted from a keynote address at Project Ploughshares’ 50th Anniversary, September 21, 2026 on the United Nations International Day of Peace.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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A Peace Agenda For Canada
Adapted from a keynote address at Project Ploughshares’ 50th Anniversary, September 21, 2026 on the United Nations International Day of Peace.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There are two ways to compromise our sovereignty. Negotiate it away or sell it to the highest bidder. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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PM Mark Carney pledged to ‘Buy Canadian.’ Since then, $7.8 billion in contracts went to American corporations
A Star analysis reveals U.S. firms dominated federal contracts despite PM Mark Carney’s ‘Buy Canadian’ promise.
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simongood.bsky.social @simongood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I despise Paul Wells and his stubborn neocon stupidity…. But @alexhim.bsky.social shines in this interview. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-q-and-...
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The Q&A: “We need debate. Governments are at their best when challenged.”
Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their new books about Canada in Trump times
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There are two ways to compromise our sovereignty. Negotiate it away or sell it to the highest bidder. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
thestar.com
PM Mark Carney pledged to ‘Buy Canadian.’ Since then, $7.8 billion in contracts went to American corporations
A Star analysis reveals U.S. firms dominated federal contracts despite PM Mark Carney’s ‘Buy Canadian’ promise.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
from here on- that was first and last
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
we have committed on the site never to use ai for text or images
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
it was meant to capture how he is seen by the majority of Canadians - but we should never have used ai and it conveys a quite different impression
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
you are right - lazy mistake
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
no more AI!!!!
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
yes you are absolutely right
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Building a less dependent, more sustainable, equitable, and democratic Canada
We share an extract from a new book by Alex Himelfarb in an effort to explore what principles should guide how we choose what we build and what investments we welcome.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well it’s about time
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He wrote that in a letter from prison to his younger brother
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simongood.bsky.social @simongood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Using this quote was an impressive: “I draw through the book on Antonio Gramsci, the leftist political theorist writing mostly from prison during the 1930s amidst the rise of fascism. Gramsci responded that he found optimism and pessimism to be vulgar and banal moods. “
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ha - thanks Simon
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bringing (some) Canadian capital home - there is an alternative canadianshieldinstitute.ca/reports/wort...
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t e r e تيري @termarimah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am a reader in this campaign, & will be reading @leilanifarha.bsky.social’s HOUSING INC. Will you sponsor me? Fantastic read that covers the personal experience of *home*—currently endangered b/c of the industrial complex of corporatism, rentier capital, and privatization. All proceeds to CPI 🧡🧡🧡
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Breaking free of Musk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Neoliberalism Canadian-style
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Neoliberalism Canadian-style
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 'Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times' @alexhim.bsky.social puts the growth of the capitalist ideology in the Canadian context, from the 1970s energy shocks to today's shocks that brought us Carney's neoliberal agenda. REVIEW: perspectivesjournal.ca/neoliberal-capture
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Read more on 'Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times' by Broadbent Research Fellow Alex Himelfarb (@alexhim.bsky.social), reviewed by @clementnocos.bsky.social. 📖 perspectivesjournal.ca/neoliberal-capture
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
in times of crisis debate is often stifled, - people want to get behind their leader & often treat criticism as treachery. The best reason to get behind a leader is to push. Despite the leaders’ qualities & the urgency, Canadians must be setting the path. afhimelfarb.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Paul Wells interviews Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their recent books on Canadian sovereignty, democracy and our place in the world
I am very grateful to Paul for reconnecting me with Bob Rae to discuss our respective books. Bob is great and so are the thinkers and writers he convened on sovereignty and Canada’s place in …
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
hallelujah
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
in times of crisis debate is often stifled, - people want to get behind their leader & often treat criticism as treachery. The best reason to get behind a leader is to push. Despite the leaders’ qualities & the urgency, Canadians must be setting the path. afhimelfarb.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/p...
afhimelfarb.wordpress.com
Paul Wells interviews Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their recent books on Canadian sovereignty, democracy and our place in the world
I am very grateful to Paul for reconnecting me with Bob Rae to discuss our respective books. Bob is great and so are the thinkers and writers he convened on sovereignty and Canada’s place in …
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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Paul wells interviews Bob Rae and @alexhim.bsky.social on Canadian sovereignty
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Paul Wells interviews Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their recent books on Canadian sovereignty, democracy and our place in the world
I am very grateful to Paul for reconnecting me with Bob Rae to discuss our respective books. Bob is great and so are the thinkers and writers he convened on sovereignty and Canada’s place in …
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Grsteful for Paul Wells for reconnecting me with my friend Bob Rae to discuss our complementary books in Canadian sovereignty and democracy, and Canada’s place in the world afhimelfarb.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Paul Wells interviews Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their recent books on Canadian sovereignty, democracy and our place in the world
I am very grateful to Paul Wells for reconnecting me with Bob Rae to discuss our respective books that came out on the same day with almost identical covers. Bob is great and so are the thinkers an…
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump family and their gang of plutocrats don’t even try to hide their corruption any more.It’s baked in -scandals no longer scandalize.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Times of crisis are no time to choose to be on the sidelines
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