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Thomas Marois, CRC Public Banking

@thomasmarois.bsky.social

Thomas Marois is Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Public Banking Project at McMaster University, Canada. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Banking for Sustainability, Inclusion, and Prosperity.

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Paula Haufe@paulahaufe.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨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 🧵 --> rb.gy/yuxbmy

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...

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Métis Nation of Ontario@metisnationon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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!

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.
Thomas Marois, CRC Public Banking@thomasmarois.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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 ...

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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵@sylviachi.bsky.social · last yr.

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 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-