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World BEYOND War: Rachel Small, Kanada Organizer, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
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Augate 9, 2021
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Ke kūʻē nei nā mea hana i waho ma kahi o Lockheed Martin's Dartmouth e hōʻailona ai i ke kolu o ka makahiki o ka luku pahi kula ʻo Yemen. ʻO ka pōkā pahū o Saudi i kahi pahi kula ma kahi mākeke lehulehu ma ka ʻākau o Yemen ma ʻAukake 9, 2018 i make he 44 mau keiki a he ʻumi mau mākua a he ʻeha nā mea he nui aku. ʻO ka pōkā i hoʻohana ʻia i ka airstrike i hana ʻia e ka mea hana mea kaua ʻo Lockheed Martin. ʻO Lockheed Martin Kanada kahi lālā piha o ka hui ʻAmelika ʻo Lockheed Martin.
"ʻEkolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei i kēia lā ua luku ʻia kahi pahi kula holoʻokoʻa o nā keiki e kahi pōkā Lockheed Martin he 500-paona. Eia wau ma kahi hana ʻo Lockheed Martin i kēia lā me kaʻu keiki ʻōpio, ka makahiki i like me nā keiki ma kēlā kaʻa kaʻa, e hoʻokuleana ʻia kēia ʻoihana no ka make ʻana o kēia 44 mau keiki a me ka hōʻoia ʻole i poina ʻia lākou, "wahi a Rachel Small o World BEYOND War.
I kēia makahiki ʻeono, ua alakaʻi ke kaua Saudi-alakaʻi ma Yemen i kahi hapahā miliona o ka poʻe, e like me ka UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Ua alakaʻi ʻia i ka mea a ke kino o UN i kapa aku ai ʻo ka "pōpilikia aloha kanaka maikaʻi loa o ka honua."
Ke hōʻailona nei nā mea hoʻonāukiuki i ka lā hoʻomanaʻo o ka pōkā pahū kula o Yemen ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa. Ke kūʻē nei nā mea hoʻonāukiuki ma waho o General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, kahi hui ʻo Lākana e hana ana i nā kaʻa uila (LAV) māmā no ke Aupuni o Saudi Arabia. Ke mālama ʻia nei nā pikake maluhia ma waho o ke keʻena o ke Kuhina ʻo Harjit Sajjan ma Vancouver a me ke keʻena ʻo Liberal MP Chris Bittle ma St. Catharines.
I ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike ʻia ua ʻae ʻo Kanada i kahi kuʻikahi hou e kūʻai aku ai i $ 74-miliona mau mea pahū i Saudi Arabia i ka makahiki 2020. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi ahulau, ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Kanada ma kahi o $ 1.2 biliona kālā o nā mea kaua i Saudi Arabia. I ka 2019, ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Kanada i nā mea kaua i waiwai ʻia ma $ 2.8 biliona i ke Aupuni - ʻoi aku ma mua o 77 manawa o ke kālā kālā o ke kōkua Kanada iā Yemen i ka makahiki like. Kuhi ʻia nā mea kaua i Saudi Arabia i kēia manawa ma kahi o 75% o kā Kanada pūʻali koa ʻole US.
"E make ana kahi keiki ma Yemen i kēlā me kēia 75 kekona i kēia makahiki ma muli o ke kaua e hoʻomau nei, e like me ka World Food Program. Ma ke ʻano he makua, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kū wale a ʻae iā Kanada e hoʻomau i ka loaʻa kālā o kēia kaua ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea kaua iā Saudi Arabia, "wahi a Sakura Saunders, he lālā o ka papa. World BEYOND War. "He mea hoʻowahāwahā ka hoʻomau ʻana o Kanada i ka hoʻoulu kaua ʻana i alakaʻi ʻia ai i kahi ulia pōpilikia aloha kanaka maikaʻi loa ma ka honua a me nā kānaka civila kaumaha ma Yemen."
ʻO ka hāʻule hope loa, ʻo Kanada ka manawa mua i kapa ʻia i lehulehu e like me kekahi o nā ʻāina e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoulu kaua ʻana ma Yemen e kahi panela o nā loea kūʻokoʻa e kiaʻi ana i ka hakakā no ka UN a e ʻimi nei i nā hewa kaua e nā mea hakakā, e like me Saudi Arabia.
"No Trudeau e komo i kēia koho balota e koi nei ua holo i kahi" kulekele haole wahine "he lapuwale loa ia no ka hoʻohiki mau loa ʻana o kēia aupuni i ka hoʻouna ʻana aku i nā piliona kālā e pono ai nā mea kaua iā Saudia Arabia, kahi ʻāina i kaulana ʻole no kāna moʻolelo pono kīvila kanaka a me ka hoʻokaumaha ʻōnaehana o wahine. ʻO ka hana lima Saudi ke kūʻē kūʻē i ka hoʻokele wahine i ke kulekele ʻē aʻe, "i ʻōlelo ʻo Joan Smith mai Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace.
Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ma mua o 4 miliona mau kānaka ma muli o ke kaua, a 80% o ka heluna kanaka, e like me 12.2 miliona mau keiki, makemake nui i ke kōkua kōkua kanaka. ʻO kēia kōkua like i kāpae ʻia e ka Saudi-led coalition's land, air, and naval blockade o ka ʻāina. Mai ka 2015, ua pale kēia ālai ʻana i ka meaʻai, ka wahie, nā waiwai kalepa, a me ke kōkua mai ke komo ʻana i Yemen.
E hāhai i twitter.com/wbwCanada a me twitter.com/hashtag/CanadaStopArmingSaudi no nā kiʻi, nā wikiō, a me nā mea hou o Halifax a me ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.
Loaʻa nā kiʻi hou aʻe ma ke noi.
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