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Dimitri ran as a Green Party candidate in Canada\u2019s 2015 federal election and has served as the Justice Critic in the Green Party of Canada\u2019s shadow cabinet. He is a correspondent and board member for The Real News Network and Chairman of the Board for Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Quote from Dimitri:<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWestern governments have conferred immunity on Israel for its human rights abuses. Western electorates would never tolerate their governments\u2019 support for Israel if the corporate media were doing their jobs properly. We as journalists have a duty to expose what is being done to the Palestinian people in our names.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitri Lascaris- Canada Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer, journalist, and activist. After working in the New York and Paris offices of a major Wall Street law firm, Dimitri became a class action lawyer in Canada. 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