{"id":2954,"date":"2020-07-27T09:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T16:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2020-07-27T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T16:55:43","slug":"yves-engler-on-canadian-foreign-policy-nafta-and-citizens-role-in-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/yves-engler-on-canadian-foreign-policy-nafta-and-citizens-role-in-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Yves Engler on Canadian foreign policy NAFTA and citizens role in change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2314 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/engler-bookFF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\" \/>Yves Engler (born 1979) is a Montreal writer and political activist. In addition to seven published books, Engler\u2019s writings have appeared in the alternative press and in mainstream publications such as The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen and Ecologist. His The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy book was on a short list for the Quebec Writers\u2019 Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction along with two other books.<\/p>\n<p>Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Yves about Canadian foreign policy and the hypocrisy of our government putting sanctions on countries like Venezuela while excusing gross human rights violations in the coup governments of Honduras and Haiti, how Canadians should be paying attention to agreements like NAFTA and how those trade agreements are undemocratic and give corporations to much power over our lives, environment and working conditions.<\/p>\n<p>How as progressive we should use our independent judgement on agreements like NAFTA and not just support them because Trump doesn\u2019t like them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_128\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2954-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_YvesEngler_March18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_YvesEngler_March18.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_YvesEngler_March18.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/latinwaves\/latinwavesmedia.com\/audio\/LatinWaves_YvesEngler_March18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LatinWaves_YvesEngler_March18.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('2954-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_2954-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_2954-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/?powerpress_embed=2954-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/latin-waves-media\/id762871885?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Flatinwavesmedia.com%2Fwordpress%2F%3Fp%3D2954\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2ZbgxXDQ8UpOHnq4xihYcC\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.ca\/podcasts\/43a642e9-5f53-4ab0-ad86-484bcd75db6b\/Latin-Waves-Media\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-latin-waves-media-63357385\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_iheart\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on iHeartRadio\" rel=\"nofollow\">iHeartRadio<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/latin-waves-media-71342\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_podchaser\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Podchaser\" rel=\"nofollow\">Podchaser<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/World-News\/Latin-Waves-Media-p633319\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yves Engler (born 1979) is a Montreal writer and political activist. 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