News - Team Dimitri

Dimitri receives endorsement from Kim Goldberg

Dimitri Lascaris — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 15:32:00 -0400

Kim Goldberg is an award-winning poet and journalist, and the author of eight books including Devolution (poems of ecopocalypse).

Team Dimitri Releases Environment Platform

Dimitri Lascaris — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:21:00 -0400

The global ecological emergency is an existential threat. The climate crisis is already grave but is only one part of the broader picture of our broken relationship with nature. It also includes equally grim biodiversity loss, pollution and the wider ecological imbalance in our relationship with other species that is implicated in the zoonotic virus behind the current pandemic.

Charlottetown Get-Together

Aleksei Minaev — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:17:00 -0400

We’ve heard Greens across the country who were very excited for the highly anticipated discussion between Dimitri Lascaris and Annamie Paul at the PEI Green Drinks event on August 18. We see these conversations as invaluable opportunities where Canadian Greens can get acquainted with leadership candidates, hear their respective visions for the future of the party and identify important points of convergence and difference.

Team Dimitri Releases Policy on Electoral Reform

Arnold Downey — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 18:22:00 -0400

Canadians are unsatisfied with our current first-past-the-post electoral system, which results in the misrepresentation of voters and hyper-partisanship. The Green Party Under Dimitri Lascaris will campaign in favour of a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system in Canada. Read Team Dimitri's latest platform plank outlining how and why MMP can be implemented.

Dimitri endorsed by Dr. Helen Caldicott

Aleksei Minaev — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:22:00 -0400

We are honoured at Team Dimitri to have earned the endorsement of physician, author and renowned anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott.

Dimitri Lascaris In British Columbia Following Ontario Tour

Arnold Downey — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:29:00 -0400

Dimitri is continuing to meet and discuss with Canadians in communities big and small across the country. Over the past weeks, Dimitri has made many stops in Ontario cities and towns to speak with Canadians about creating a country and a world that doesn't only benefit the rich and powerful, but one that works and is more just for workers, the under-privileged, and the generations that will inhabit our planet.

Team Dimitri Releases Foreign Policy Platform

Aleksei Minaev — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:30:00 -0400

If today the world faces ecological and public health emergencies without the means to coordinate international action to address them, something is clearly wrong in the way its international relations are organized. Canada’s foreign policy has played no small part in bringing matters to this pass. Cooperative Foreign Policy for a Multipolar World proposes a radical overhaul of Canada’s foreign policy.

Team Dimitri Releases Economic Platform

Arnold Downey — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 14:17:00 -0400

Our existing economy not only puts profit before people and guarantees spiralling inequality, but it is also the root cause of the ecological emergency. Economy and ecology are inextricably intertwined. To mend our relationship with the earth, we must wrest power from private corporations and bring the economy under democratic control so that it meets human needs without exceeding the limits of our planet. The vision of Just Green Wellbeing outlined here provides the foundation on which our blueprint for ‘Responding to the Ecological Emergency’ rests.

The D-Brief, July 24

Aleksei Minaev — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:35:00 -0400

When my candidacy was accepted on June 2nd, I had no idea what would come next.

People across this country have responded to our call to unite progressives into the Green Party of Canada. Activists who have never joined a party before have become Greens. Former NDP members have become Greens. Together we're building a movement that will transform Canadian politics.

Team Dimitri Releases Workers' Rights Platform

Dimitri Lascaris — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:08:00 -0400

The world of work has changed. Workers' rights, both individual and collective, have deteriorated; high-quality jobs have been replaced by precarious and part-time work with few benefits and no pensions; and large corporations prey on small businesses and workers.

Today, Team Dimitri releases the Workers' Rights chapter of our campaign platform. To create positive work environments, high wages, and freedom from discrimination, and to rejuvenate workers' rights in Canada, it proposes these areas of reform:

Team Dimitri Releases Justice Platform

Dimitri Lascaris — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:24:00 -0400

In theory, Canadians have equal rights. In practice, they do not.

Today, Team Dimitri releases the Justice Reform chapter of our campaign platform. Designed to address systemic racism, over-incarceration, inaccessibility, erosion of privacy, and other issues of justice in Canada, it proposes seven areas of reform:

Reflections on the Meaning of Canada Day

Dimitri Lascaris — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 17:13:00 -0400

Every year, on July 1, we Canadians celebrate and reflect upon what it means to be Canadian.

No society is monolithic, and Canada is no exception. Each of us approaches this day in her own way, influenced by individual experiences of what it means to be Canadian.

I am a child of two Greek immigrants. My mother and father came to this country in the 1950s. Along with many other immigrants from Southern Europe, my parents were encouraged to come to Canada by the government of the day.

TVO Debate: Dimitri Calls for Justice

Dimitri Lascaris — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:41:00 -0400

On the first televised leadership debate of the campaign, Dimitri made a bold call for social, economic, and environmental justice. Watch the debate now on YouTube:

Fair Vote Canada Debate: Dimitri Talks Democracy

Dimitri Lascaris — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:58:00 -0400

Fair Vote Canada held a special debate on the state of Canada's democracy. Dimitri didn't shy away from the truth: that Canada doesn't have a real democracy so long as inequality exists. Watch the debate now on YouTube:

Roger Waters Endorses Dimitri

Dimitri Lascaris — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:15:00 -0400

Renowned musician, co-founder of progressive rock band Pink Floyd, and human rights activist Roger Waters has endorsed Dimitri. Roger shared his endorsement today and you can view it here:

My Candidacy Has Been Approved

Dimitri Lascaris — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:10:00 -0400

This morning, I learned that my application to participate in the Green Party of Canada leadership race has been accepted following a successful appeal.

Statement Concerning Resumption of Fundraising

Dimitri Lascaris — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 15:36:00 -0400

On March 31st, Dimitri and four other candidates announced that they would suspend active fundraising in response to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, Dimitri notified those other candidates that our campaign is resuming active fundraising. Although we are obligated to fulfil the financial requirements of the leadership race, we will continue to be sensitive to the ongoing financial circumstances that many people face during the pandemic.

Update Concerning Dimitri's Appeal

Dimitri Lascaris — Thu, 28 May 2020 13:13:00 -0400

Dimitri has released the following statement with regard to the status of his appeal:

"The Green Party's vetting committee has accepted my request to disclose the identities of its members and their reasons for not approving my leadership application.

Statement Concerning Dimitri's Leadership Contest Application

Dimitri Lascaris — Tue, 26 May 2020 19:15:00 -0400

Dimitri has issued the following statement concerning the status of his candidacy:

Today (May 26th), I received word that my application to run in the Green Party of Canada leadership race has not been accepted.

Joint Statement: Candidates announce suspension of fundraising

Dimitri Lascaris — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:42:00 -0400

31 March 2020—Leadership candidates for the Green Party of Canada are announcing a suspension of fundraising, requesting that the party defer payment deadlines, and preparing a roundtable discussion to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on Canadians.