Daga Bianca Mugyenyi, Kukari, Afrilu 8, 2021
A ƙarshen wannan makon mutane 100 a duk ƙasar za su halarci Babu Hadin Jirgin Samacikin hanzari da himma don adawa da shirin Kanada na sayen sabbin jiragen yaki 88. Da Azumi don Dakatar da Jets kuma za ta karrama wadanda jiragen yakin Kanada suka kashe.
A cikin watanni masu zuwa, ana sa ran gwamnatin tarayya za ta fitar da kimantawa ta farko kan shawarwarin da za a ba sabbin jiragen yaki. Masu fafatawa a gasar sune Sarip's Gripen, Boeing's Super Hornet da F-35 na Lockheed Martin.
Tambayar jirgin yakin ta cinye makamashi mai yawa a cikin gwamnatin tarayya. A cikin shaidar da Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Wakilai na Tsaro a ranar Talata, tsohon magatakarda na Majalisar Privy Michael Wernick shawara siyan sabbin jiragen yakin na daga cikin batutuwan da "suka haifar mana da rashin hankali" kan zargin lalata da tsohon shugaban hafsan tsaro janar Jonathan Vance.
Gwamnatin tarayya ta ce tana shirin kashe kimanin dala biliyan 19 kan sabbin jiragen sama. Amma wannan kawai farashin kwalliya ne. Dogaro da jirgin da aka zaɓa, farashin gaskiya na iya zama sau huɗu na wannan adadin. A cewar wani rahoto na baya-bayan nan da alungiyar Fungiyar Jiragen Sama ba ta faɗa ba, farashin rai - daga saye har zuwa kiyayewa don zubar da jiragen - an kiyasta a $ 77 biliyan.
Waɗannan albarkatun za su fi kyau saka hannun jari a cikin dawo da adalci da ayyukan New New Deal. Kudaden da aka ware wa jiragen yaki na iya kuma magance matsalar ruwa ta Kasashen Farko da kuma ba da tabbataccen ruwan sha a kowane wurin ajiya. Kuma ya isa kuɗi don gina dubunnan rukunin gidaje na zamantakewar jama'a ko layin dogo mai sauƙi a birane daban-daban.
Amma ba batun almubazzaranci bane kawai. Kanada tana kan hanzarin fitarwa gas mai yawan gas (GHGs) fiye da yadda aka yarda dashi a yarjejeniyar 2015 Paris. Amma duk da haka mun san jiragen yaki suna amfani da mai mai yawa. Bayan ruwan bama-bamai na watanni shida a Libya a 2011, da Royal Canadian Air Force saukar cewa jiragen ta masu rabin dozin sun cinye lita miliyan 8.5 na mai. Abin da ya fi haka, hayakin carbon a wuri mafi tsayi yana da tasirin ɗumamar yanayi, tare da sauran “fitarwa” masu tashi sama gami da nitrous oxide, tururin ruwa da ƙoshin lafiya, wanda ke haifar da ƙarin tasirin yanayi.
Tare da narkar da iskar carbon dioxide a cikin sararin samaniya yana wucewa 420 sassa da miliyan a karon farko a karshen makon da ya gabata, lokaci ne mara kyau da za a sayo jiragen yaki masu dauke da iska.
Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta kasa tana da nisa mafi girman emitter na GHGs a cikin gwamnatin tarayya. Abin mamaki, duk da haka, ana fitar da hayakin sojojin daga maƙasudin rage ƙasa.
Baya ga tabbatar da cewa ba za mu iya cimma burin mu na yanayi ba, ba a buƙatar jiragen yaƙi don kare Kanada. Ba su da wata fa'ida sosai yayin ma'amala da annoba a duniya ko hari na 9/11, mai da martani ga bala'o'i, ba da agaji na ƙasa da ƙasa ko ayyukan kiyaye zaman lafiya. Waɗannan su ne muggan makamai waɗanda aka tsara don haɓaka ikon sojojin sama don shiga aiki tare da Amurka da NATO.
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A cikin ‘yan shekarun da suka gabata, jiragen yakin Kanada sun taka rawar gani a hare-haren bama-bamai da Amurka ta jagoranta a Iraki (1991), Serbia (1999), Libya (2011) da kuma Syria da Iraki (2014-2016).
Harin kwana 78 na tsohuwar Yugoslavia karya dokar kasa da kasa kamar yadda ba Majalisar Tsaro ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ko gwamnatin Serbia ba amince da shi. Hakanan za'a iya faɗi game da harin bam na kwanan nan a Siriya. A shekarar 2011, kwamitin tsaro amince da yankin ba-tashi don kare fararen hular Libya, amma harin NATO ya wuce iznin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.
Irin wannan yanayin ya kasance yana wasa da Iraki a farkon '90s. A lokacin yakin, jiragen yakin Kanada sun shiga cikin abin da ake kira "Bubiyan Turkey Shoot" cewa halakar da Iraq da jiragen ruwa na dari-da na ruwa, da kuma ruwan bama-bamai na hadin guiwa ya lalata yawancin kayayyakin farar hula na Iraki. Yawan wutar lantarkin da ƙasar ke haƙowa ya ruguje kamar yadda aka lalata manyan madatsun ruwa, cibiyoyin kula da najasa, kayan aikin sadarwa, kayayyakin tashar jiragen ruwa da matatun mai. Dakarun Iraki dubu ashirin da dubban fararen hula an kashe su.
A Serbia, daruruwan mutane sun mutu yayin tashin bam na NATO a 1999 kuma dubunnan daruruwa sun rasa muhallansu. Bama-bamai na NATO "Lalata wuraren masana'antu da kayayyakin more rayuwa ya haifar da abubuwa masu hadari da suka gurbata iska, da ruwa da kuma kasar gona." Rushewar tsire-tsire da gangan ya haifar gagarumar lalacewar muhalli.
A Libya, jiragen yakin NATO sun yi barna sosai a tsarin akwatin ruwa na Great Manmade. Haɗuwa da tushen kashi 70 cikin ɗari na yawan ruwan ya kasance mai yiwuwa a laifin yaki. Tun daga yakin shekara ta 2011, miliyoyin 'yan Libya suka fuskanci wani yanayi na rashin lafiya matsalar ruwa. Cikin watanni shida na yaƙi, ƙawancen ya faɗi 20,000 boma-bamai a kan kusan 6,000 da ake niyya, gami da fiye da gine-ginen gwamnati 400 ko cibiyoyin ba da umarni. Mutane da yawa, mai yiwuwa ɗaruruwan, fararen hula ne aka kashe a cikin yajin aikin.
Wata Oktoba Nanos zabe ya bayyana cewa kamfen bama-bamai wani amfani ne na sojoji. Lokacin da aka tambayi masu ba da amsa "yaya mai ba da taimako, idan kwata-kwata, kun kasance daga nau'ikan da ke biye da ƙasashen Kanada da ke cikin ƙasashen waje," hare-haren sama sun kasance mafi ƙarancin sanannun zaɓi takwas da aka bayar.
Kashi saba'in da bakwai cikin dari na goyon bayan "shiga cikin bala'in bala'i a kasashen waje" kuma kashi 74 cikin 28 sun goyi bayan "ayyukan wanzar da zaman lafiya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya," yayin da kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX na wadanda aka jefa kuri'ar sun goyi bayan "kasancewar rundunar sojan saman Kanada ta shiga cikin hare-haren sama." Bugu da ƙari, yin amfani da sojoji don tallafawa NATO da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa ya kasance ƙaramar fifiko ga waɗanda aka jefa ƙuri'ar.
Dangane da tambayar, “A ganinku, menene rawar da ta dace ga Forcesungiyar Sojan Kanada?” Kashi 6.9 cikin 39.8 na wadanda aka jefa kuri'ar sun ce, "tallafa wa mishan / kawancen NATO" yayin da kashi 34.5 suka zabi "wanzar da zaman lafiya" da kuma kashi 77 cikin dari da aka zaba "kare Kanada." Amma duk da haka, kashe dala biliyan XNUMX kan manyan jiragen yaki kawai yana da ma'ana a cikin tsarin shirye-shiryen fada a yakin Amurka da NATO na gaba.
Idan har gwamnatin Kanada da gaske take yi game da kare rayuwa a Duniya, bai kamata ta sayi 88 jiragen da basu dace ba, masu lalata yanayi, masu hatsari.
Bianca Mugyenyi ita ce darekta a Cibiyar Nazarin Harkokin Kasashen Waje ta Kanada.
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