Thomas Marois, CRC Public Banking

Might Canada benefit from a new national #PDB? Absolutely ... if built in the #publicinterest.

publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/resources/

How public grocery stores could work in Canada - CCPA Chances are you spent some of your holiday gatherings talking about the price of food. Costs to consumers have increased by almost 30 per cent since 2020, while mega-grocers doubled their profit margi...

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How public grocery stores could work in Canada - CCPA Chances are you spent some of your holiday gatherings talking about the price of food. Costs to consumers have increased by almost 30 per cent since 2020, while mega-grocers doubled their profit margi...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc

Deadline tomorrow, Jan. 16

Two days to deadline ...

‼️2026 Emerging Scholar Research Paper Award on Public Development Banks‼️

🚩 Submission Deadline: 16 January 2025 🚩

Sponsored by McMaster University @publicbanking.bsky.social and @afd-france.bsky.social

Follow the link ⬇️
publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/pbp-grn-emer...

@thomasmarois.bsky.social

The ecor as global special purpose money: towards a green international monetary system to finance sustainable and just transformation - Sustainability Science Countries from the Global South face significant challenges to finance sustainable and just transformation. These challenges primarily stem from the hierarchical character of the current international...

🚨New & Open Access – How to finance a sustainable transformation globally?
@jwullweber.bsky.social , @naguila.bsky.social
and me
💰propose: The ecor as global special purpose money
⛔bc any answer must counter the international monetary hierarchy. a short 🧵
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The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You “Nearly 70% of people said they believe the American dream no longer holds true or never did, the highest level in nearly 15 years of surveys.” — Lindsay Ellis and Aaron Zitner, “Americans’ Hopes for ...

The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/amer...

Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action The global climate emergency is no longer a distant warning – it is an unfolding catastrophe. Longer heatwaves, recurring cyclones, changing rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels are already reshap...

Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/work...

MNO Senior Leadership, Toronto City Council, and the Toronto and York Region Métis Council at the Louis Riel Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall in Toronto.

MNO Senior Leadership, Toronto City Council, and the Toronto and York Region Métis Council at the Louis Riel Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall in Toronto.

MNO Senior Leadership, Toronto City Council, and the Toronto and York Region Métis Council at the Louis Riel Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall in Toronto.

MNO Senior Leadership, Toronto City Council, and the Toronto and York Region Métis Council at the Louis Riel Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall in Toronto.

The City of Toronto marked Louis Riel Day with a ceremony supported by Councillor Neethan Shan, Toronto City Council, and the Toronto and York Region Métis Council.

Maarsii to everyone who joined in to honour Métis heritage and pride at this vibrant gathering!

Not to worry ... stay tuned for some in-depth work on this fascinating #publicbank.

Not to worry ... stay tuned for some in-depth work on this fascinating #publicbank.

Sign the Petition No Navitas at Western 2025: Petition Against the Proposed Partnership

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Canada Pension Plan Investments drops net-zero target after initially aiming for 2050 | CBC News Canada Pension Plan Investments has dropped a net-zero by 2050 target for carbon emissions, according to an annual report released on Wednesday, following several Canadian financial institutions that ...

Really?!

Canada Pension Plan Investments drops net-zero target

... and instead decides that cooking humanity to death is the economically rational strategic direction.

www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

Rethinking Public & Democratic Finance: Lessons from Germany’s KfW Bank (Thomas Marois)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social.

📚 Learn more about the chapter on the KfW Bank: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ Lessons in Democratic Banking (By Susan Spronk)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social.

📚 Learn more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South"💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🔄 The World’s Most Democratized Public Bank and Its Role in Empowering Marginalized Communities (By Thomas Marois)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social

📚 Learn more about this chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

1 SEC. 112209. TERMINATION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF 2 TERRORIST SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(p) is amended by 4 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 5 ‘‘(8) APPLICATION TO TERRORIST SUPPORTING 6 ORGANIZATIONS.— 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 8 subsection, in the case of any terrorist sup9 porting organization— 10 ‘‘(i) such organization (and the des11 ignation of such organization under sub12 paragraph (B)) shall be treated as de13 scribed in paragraph (2), and 14 ‘‘(ii) the period of suspension de15 scribed in paragraph (3) with respect to 16 such organization shall be treated as begin17 ning on the date that the Secretary des18 ignates such organization under subpara19 graph (B) and ending on the date that the 20 Secretary rescinds such designation under 21 subparagraph (D). 22 ‘‘(B) TERRORIST SUPPORTING ORGANIZA23 TION.—For purposes of this paragraph— 24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—the term ‘terrorist 25 supporting organization’ means any orga26 nization which is designated by the Sec-

1 retary as having provided, during the 3- 2 year period ending on the date of such des3 ignation, material support or resources to 4 an organization described in paragraph (2) 5 (determined after the application of this 6 paragraph to such organization) in excess 7 of a de minimis amount. 8 ‘‘(ii) MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RE9 SOURCES.—The term ‘material support or 10 resources’ has the meaning given such 11 term in subsection (g)(4) of section 2339B 12 of title 18, United States Code, except that 13 such term shall not include— 14 ‘‘(I) support or resources that 15 were approved by the Secretary of 16 State with the concurrence of the At17 torney General for purposes of sub18 section (j) of such section, or 19 ‘‘(II) humanitarian aid provided 20 with the approval of the Office of For21 eign Assets Control. 22 ‘‘(C) DESIGNATION PROCEDURE.— 23 ‘‘(i) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—Prior to 24 designating any organization as a terrorist 25 supporting organization under subpara-

There are many horrible things in the Ways & Means draft, but let me alert you to this underappreciated horror: They want to expand the Treasury Secretary's power to unilaterally designate nonprofits as "terrorist supporting organizations."

💦 1 Shower for 4,500 people in Israel’s War on Water (By Genevieve Simmons)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social

📚 Learn more in the newly released book on Public Banks and Public Water💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

In October 2023, 150,000 bullets were transferred from the UK to Israel.

Read more online: buff.ly/uj7hn2N

ICYMI

This open-access ROPE article provides a new & realistic way to think about public banks as neither essentially good nor bad.

Instead, we must rethink public banks as dynamic and contested institutions. 👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@thomasmarois.bsky.social @lprochon.bsky.social

YouTube video by Centre For Future Work Not So Global After All

I asked my Pol Econ last week how significant exports were to Canadian GDP ... they thought 70%!

Not true ... almost 80% and what's made in Canada stays here ... and we can do better.

Check it out 👇🏼

youtu.be/aoSaZhwMK_c?...

🏦 Finance is the Grease that Makes the Wheels Turn 🛠️

By David McDonald

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social

📚 Explore more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South" tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Public Banks Over Private Profit: Financing Water and Infrastructure in Occupied Palestine (By Genevieve Simmons)

🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project by the @tninstitute.bsky.social

📚 Learn more in the newly released open-access book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Public banks: Fuelling War or Climate Action? The Choice is Ours (By David McDonald)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social

📚 Learn more in the recent released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 How Public Banks Can Support Climate Adaptation (By Susan Spronk)

🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social

📚 Learn more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South"💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

FT reports that 'Israeli curbs on Gaza water supplies are ‘acts of genocide’ ' ft.com

Our just-published, open access chapter also shows a long history of Israeli weaponization of water
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

#Publicbanks are neither inherently good or bad -- what's more fundamental is how social forces shape them in time and place bounds contexts.

Check out a dynamic theory of public banks here, open access

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An important report out by @tninstitute.bsky.social ... don't miss it!