da James Wilt, Tsarin Kanada, Afrilu 11, 2022
Sabuwar kasafin kudin tarayya ya fita kuma duk da duk kafofin watsa labaru game da sabbin manufofin gidaje masu ci gaba - wanda ya ƙunshi galibin sabon asusun ajiyar kuɗi mara haraji don masu siyan gida, "asusun haɓakawa" don ƙaramar hukuma don ƙarfafa gentrification, da ƙarancin tallafi ga gidaje na 'yan asalin. -Ya kamata a fahimce shi a matsayin madaidaicin matsayi na Kanada a matsayin ɗan jari-hujja na duniya, mulkin mallaka, da ikon mulkin mallaka.
Babu wani misali mafi kyau na wannan fiye da shirin gwamnatin Trudeau na haɓaka kashe kuɗin soji da kusan dala biliyan 8, sama da biliyoyin da aka tsara za a yi.
A cikin 2017, gwamnatin Liberal ta gabatar da manufofinta mai ƙarfi, Amintacce, Haɗaɗɗen tsaro, wanda ya yi alƙawarin ƙara kashe kuɗin soja na shekara-shekara daga dala biliyan 18.9 a cikin 2016/17 zuwa dala biliyan 32.7 a 2026/27, haɓaka sama da kashi 70 cikin ɗari. A cikin shekaru 20 masu zuwa, wannan ya nuna karuwar dala biliyan 62.3 a cikin sabbin kudade, wanda ya kawo jimlar kashe kashen soja a wancan lokacin zuwa sama da dala biliyan 550-ko sama da rabin dala tiriliyan sama da shekaru ashirin.
Amma bisa ga sabon kasafin kudin Kanada, "tsarin kasa da kasa na tushen dokoki" yanzu yana "fuskantar barazanar wanzuwa" saboda mamayewar Rasha na Ukraine. Sakamakon haka, jam'iyyar masu sassaucin ra'ayi ta kuduri aniyar kashe wani dala biliyan 8 a cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa, wanda idan aka hada da sauran alkawuran baya-bayan nan, za a kashe jimillar kudaden da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Kasa (DND) ke kashewa zuwa sama da dala biliyan 40 a duk shekara nan da shekarar 2026/27. Wannan yana nufin cewa kashe kuɗin soja na shekara zai ninka zuwa ƙarshen 2020.
Musamman, sabon kasafin kudin ya ware dala biliyan 6.1 a cikin shekaru biyar don "ƙarfafa [e] abubuwan tsaro na tsaro" a zaman wani ɓangare na nazarin manufofin tsaro, kusan dala miliyan 900 don Kafa Tsaron Sadarwa (CSE) don haɓaka tsaro na yanar gizo na Kanada, ” da kuma wasu dala miliyan 500 don taimakon soja ga Ukraine.
Shekaru da yawa, Kanada tana fuskantar matsin lamba don ƙara yawan kuɗin da take kashewa a shekara ta soja zuwa kashi biyu cikin ɗari na GDP, wanda shine gaba ɗaya alkaluman da NATO ke tsammanin mambobinta za su gana. Tsare-tsare mai ƙarfi, amintacce, na 2017 masu sassaucin ra'ayi sun tattauna a kai a kai a matsayin hanyar haɓaka gudummawar Kanada, amma a cikin 2019, Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump ya bayyana Kanada a matsayin "ɗan ƙaramin laifi" don kawai buga kusan kashi 1.3 na GDP.
Koyaya, kamar yadda ɗan jaridar Ottawa Citizen David Pugliese ya lura, wannan adadi shine manufa-ba yarjejeniyar yarjejeniya ba—amma “tsawon shekaru da yawa magoya bayan DND sun canza wannan 'burin' zuwa doka mai tsauri da sauri." A cewar wani rahoto na baya-bayan nan da jami’in kasafin kudi na Majalisar, Kanada na bukatar kashe tsakanin dala biliyan 20 zuwa dala biliyan 25 a kowace shekara domin cimma maki biyu cikin dari.
Kafofin watsa labarai a cikin makonnin da suka kai ga fitar da kasafin kudin tarayya sun nuna kusan ba a daina juye-juye na manyan mashahuran yakin Kanada -Rob Huebert, Pierre Leblanc, James Fergusson, David Perry, Whitney Lackenbauer, Andrea Charron - suna kira da a kara sojoji. kashewa, musamman don tsaron Arctic a cikin tsammanin barazanar mamayewa daga Rasha ko China (kasafin kuɗin 2021 ya riga ya ƙaddamar da dala miliyan 250 a cikin shekaru biyar don "zamantar da NORAD," gami da kiyaye "ƙarfin tsaro na Arctic"). Kafofin watsa labarai game da tsaron Arctic ba su haɗa da kowane ra'ayi daga ƙungiyoyin yaƙi da yaƙe-yaƙe ko mutanen ƴan asalin Arewa ba duk da bayyananniyar da Majalisar Inuit Circumpolar ta nema na Arctic "cirewa yankin zaman lafiya."
A zahiri, har ma tare da sabon dala biliyan 8 na kashewa-a saman babban babban haɓaka ta hanyar Tsarin ƙarfi, Amintacce, Tsare-tsare da haɓaka mai zuwa - kafofin watsa labarai sun riga sun tsara shi a matsayin gazawa kamar yadda “Kanada za ta yi nisa ga abin da NATO ke kashewa. .” A cewar CBC, sabbin alkawurran kashe kudade na Kanada za su tura adadin ne kawai daga kashi 1.39 zuwa kashi 1.5, kwatankwacin kudaden da Jamus ko Portugal ke kashewa. Da yake ambaton David Perry, shugaban Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwancin Duniya ta Kanada, wata cibiyar tunani wacce "kamfanonin kera makamai ke ba da kuɗaɗen tallafi," Globe da Mail da rashin fahimta sun kwatanta karuwar tallafin dala biliyan 8 a matsayin "madaidaici."
Duk wannan ya zo ne mako guda bayan Kanada ta sanar da cewa za ta sauya hanya tare da kammala yarjejeniya da Lockheed Martin don siyan jiragen yakin F-88 35 akan dala biliyan 19. Kamar yadda Daraktan Cibiyar Siyasar Harkokin Waje ta Kanada Bianca Mugyenyi ta yi jayayya, F-35 jirgin sama ne "mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa", kuma zai yi tsada sau biyu zuwa uku na farashin sayayya a tsawon rayuwarsa. Ta ƙarasa da cewa sayan waɗannan ƙwararrun mayaka na satar fasaha kawai yana da ma'ana tare da "shirin Kanada don yin yaƙi a yakin Amurka da NATO a nan gaba."
Gaskiyar ita ce, kamar aikin 'yan sanda, ba wani adadin kuɗi da zai isa ya isa ga barasa na yaƙi, masu samar da makamai da ke samun tallafin tunani, ko shill ɗin DND waɗanda ke ba da damar sararin samaniya a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun.
Kamar yadda Brendan Campisi ya rubuta a lokacin bazara, tun lokacin da Rasha ta fara mamayewa, masu mulkin Kanada sun ci gaba da jaddada cewa "duniya yanzu ta zama wuri mafi haɗari, kuma don mayar da martani ga wannan gaskiyar mai barazana, sojojin Kanada suna buƙatar ƙarin kuɗi, da yawa kuma ingantattun makamai, da yawan daukar ma’aikata, da yawan jama’a a Arewa.” Saboda rawar da Kanada ke takawa a cikin cin zarafi na mulkin mallaka na duniya, ana iya kuma za a iya ganin barazanar a ko'ina, ma'ana cewa dala biliyan 40 a cikin kashe kuɗin soja na shekara ta 2026/27 ba makawa za a yi la'akari da ƙarancinsa.
Girman rawar da Kanada ke takawa wajen samarwa, fitarwa, da cinye albarkatun mai (yanzu an halalta shi tare da tallafin kama carbon) zai ƙara jefa duniya cikin haɗari saboda bala'in rugujewar yanayi, musamman a Kudancin Duniya, wanda ke haifar da matakan ƙaura da sauyin yanayi ya haifar; Ban da 'yan gudun hijira farar fata daga Ukraine, matakin da kasar ke dauka na kyamar bakin haure za ta ci gaba da tayar da kayar baya ta nuna wariyar launin fata musamman ma na kyamar baki. Wannan yanayin na haɓaka kashe kuɗin soji cikin sauri ba shakka zai ba da gudummawa ga yawan saka hannun jarin soja a wasu ƙasashe, haka nan.
Yayin da ake kada kuri'a kan wani kudiri na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na kara kashe kudaden soji zuwa kashi biyu cikin dari na GDP kamar yadda NATO ta bukata, NDP ta yi alkawarin tallafawa kasafin kudin Liberal har zuwa tsakiyar shekarar 2025 ta hanyar samar da amincewa da yarjejeniyar kwanan nan. Wannan yana nufin cewa ba tare da la'akari da posting ba, New Democrats suna shirye su yi kasuwanci mai matsakaicin ma'anar gwajin haƙori da kuma yiwuwar shirin nan gaba na shirin samar da magunguna na ƙasa - ba tare da yarda da cewa 'yan sassaucin ra'ayi ba za su kashe shi ba - don albarkatu masu yawa ga Kanada. soja. A karshen watan Maris, mai sukar jam’iyyar NDP kan harkokin kasashen waje, ya bayyana sojoji a matsayin “rasasshe” ya kuma ce “ba mu samar da kayan aikin da sojojinmu maza da mata sanye da kakin kakin su ke bukata ba don yin ayyukan da muke neman su yi. lafiya."
Ba za mu iya amincewa da NDP don jagoranci ko ma goyan bayan gwagwarmayar yaki na gaske ba. Kamar yadda aka saba, dole ne a shirya wannan tsayin daka na zaman kanta, kamar yadda aka riga aka fara aiwatar da irin su Labour Against the Arms Trade. World Beyond War Kanada, Peace Brigades International - Kanada, Cibiyar Harkokin Harkokin Waje ta Kanada, Majalisar Wakilan Zaman Lafiya ta Kanada, Muryar Mata ta Kanada don Aminci, da Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙasa. Bugu da ari, dole ne mu ci gaba da yin aiki cikin haɗin kai tare da ƴan asalin ƙasar da ke yin tsayayya da ci gaba da zama na ƴan ƴan ƴan-yi-mallaka, kwace, rashin ci gaba, da tashin hankali.
Dole ne buƙatar ta ci gaba da zama ƙarshen tsarin jari-hujja, mulkin mallaka, da mulkin mallaka. Abubuwan ban mamaki da ake kashewa a halin yanzu don ci gaba da tsarin jari-hujja na launin fata na duniya - ta hanyar soja, 'yan sanda, gidajen yari, da kan iyakoki - yakamata a kama su nan da nan kuma a mayar da su zuwa saurin rage hayaki da kuma shirya canjin yanayi, gidaje na jama'a da kiwon lafiya, amincin abinci, rage cutarwa da wadatar lafiya. , tallafin kuɗin shiga ga mutanen da ke da nakasa (ciki har da dogon COVID), jigilar jama'a, ramuwa da mayar da filaye ga ƴan asalin ƙasar, da sauransu; Mahimmanci, wannan babban sauyi yana faruwa ba kawai a Kanada ba amma a duk duniya. Sabon alkawarin da aka yi na karin dala biliyan 8 ga sojoji ya saba wa wadannan manufofin inganta aminci da adalci, kuma dole ne a yi adawa da shi.
James Wilt ɗan jarida ne mai zaman kansa kuma ɗalibin digiri wanda ke zaune a Winnipeg. Shi ne mai yawan ba da gudummawa ga CD, kuma ya rubuta wa Briarpatch, Passage, The Narwhal, National Observer, Vice Canada, da Globe da Mail. James shine marubucin littafin da aka buga kwanan nan, Shin Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Ziyarar Jama'a a Zamanin Google, Uber, da Elon Musk (Tsakanin Littattafan Layi). Yana shirya tare da ƙungiyar 'yan sanda ta sokewar Winnipeg Police Cause Harm. Kuna iya bi shi akan Twitter a @james_m_wilt.
