Kūʻē nā haneli, ālai i nā komo ʻana i ka Fair Mea Weapons Nui o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau

By World BEYOND War, Iune 1, 2022

ʻO nā kiʻi a me nā wikiō hou aku hiki ke hoʻoiho ma aneʻi.

OTTAWA - Ua ālai nā haneli o ka poʻe i ka wehe ʻana o CANSEC, nā mea kaua nui loa o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me ka hui "ʻoihana pale" ma ka EY Center ma Ottawa. ʻO nā hae wāwae he 40 e ʻōlelo ana "Ke koko ma kou mau lima," "Stop Profit from War," a me "Arms Dealers Not Welcome" i keakea i nā ala kaʻa a me nā puka hele wāwae i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai ka poʻe i hele mai e hoʻopaʻa inoa a komo i ka hale ʻaha kūkā ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Kanada ʻo Anita Anand. e hāʻawi i ka ʻōlelo hoʻomaka.

"ʻO nā hakakā like a puni ka honua i lawe mai i ka pōʻino i nā miliona i lawe mai i nā waiwai waiwai i nā mea hana mea kaua i kēia makahiki," wahi a Rachel Small, ka mea hoʻonohonoho me World BEYOND War. "He koko ko kēia mau mea waiwai kaua ma ko lākou mau lima a ke hana nei mākou he mea hiki ʻole i kekahi ke hele i kā lākou mau mea kaua me ka ʻole e kū pololei i ka hana ʻino a me ka hoʻokahe koko a lākou e komo ai. ke pepehi ʻia nei, ka poʻe e ʻeha nei, ka poʻe i hoʻoneʻe ʻia ma muli o nā mea kaua i kūʻai ʻia a me nā ʻaelike koa i hana ʻia e nā kānaka a me nā hui i loko o kēia ʻaha kūkā. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono miliona mau mea mahuka i holo mai Ukraine i kēia makahiki, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ma mua o 400,000 mau kānaka kīwila i pepehi ʻia i nā makahiki ʻehiku o ke kaua ma Yemen, ʻoiai ma ka liʻiliʻi loa. 13 keiki Palestine Ua pepehi ʻia ma West Bank mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2022, ʻo nā hui mea kaua e kākoʻo ana a hōʻike ʻia ma CANSEC e ʻohi nei i nā piliona kālā. ʻO lākou wale nō ka poʻe i lanakila i kēia mau kaua."

ʻO Lockheed Martin, kekahi o nā kākoʻo nui o CANSEC, ua ʻike i kā lākou mau kumukūʻai e piʻi ana ma kahi o 25 pakeneka mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki hou, ʻoiai ʻo Raytheon, General Dynamics a me Northrop Grumman i ʻike i kā lākou kumukūʻai kūʻai ma kahi o 12 pakeneka. Ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Lūkini iā ​​Ukraine, ʻo Lockheed Martin Luna Nui ʻo James Taiclet mai la ma ke kelepona loaʻa kālā i wānana ʻo ia e alakaʻi ana ka hakakā i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā kālā pale a me nā kūʻai hou aku no ka hui. ʻO Greg Hayes, Luna Nui o Raytheon, kekahi kākoʻo CANSEC, haʻiʻia nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā ma mua o kēia makahiki ua manaʻo ka hui e ʻike i "nā manawa kūpono no ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka honua" ma waena o ka hoʻoweliweli Lūkini. He huiia: "Ke manaʻo nei au e ʻike mākou i kekahi pōmaikaʻi mai ia mea." Ua loaʻa iā Hayes kahi pūʻolo uku makahiki o $ 23 miliona i 2021, he 11% ka piʻi ʻana ma mua o ka makahiki i hala.

"ʻO nā mea kaua, nā kaʻa a me nā ʻenehana i hoʻolaha ʻia ma kēia hōʻike lima he mau hopena koʻikoʻi no nā pono kanaka ma kēia ʻāina a a puni ka honua," wahi a Brent Patterson, Luna Hoʻokele o Peace Brigades International Canada. "ʻO ka mea i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia a kūʻai ʻia ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ka uhai ʻana i nā pono kanaka, ka nānā ʻana a me ka make."

Ua lilo ʻo Canada i kekahi o nā mea kūʻai lima kiʻekiʻe ma ka honua, a ʻo ia ka ʻelua mea hoʻolako mea kaua nui loa i ka ʻāina Hikina Waena. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mea kaua Kanada i Saudi Arabia a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i hana i nā hakakā ʻino ma ka Hikina Hikina a me ʻApelika ʻĀkau, ʻoiai ua hoʻopiʻi pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea kūʻai aku i nā hōʻino koʻikoʻi o ke kānāwai kanaka kanaka honua.

Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke alakaʻi alakaʻi Saudi ma Yemen i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2015, ua lawe aku ʻo Kanada ma kahi o $ 7.8 biliona i nā mea kaua i Saudi Arabia, nā kaʻa kaua i hana ʻia e CANSEC exhibitor GDLS. I kēia manawa i kona makahiki ʻehiku, ua pepehi ke kaua ma Yemen ma luna o 400,000 poʻe, a ua hoʻokumu i ka pilikia nui loa o ke kanaka ma ka honua. Ka hoʻopili ʻana Ua hōʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia e nā hui hui kīwila ʻo Kanada i kēia mau hoʻololi ʻana he uhaki i nā kuleana o Kanada ma lalo o ke Kuikahi Kūʻai ʻo Arms Trade (ATT), ka mea e hoʻoponopono ai i ke kālepa a me ka hoʻoili ʻana i nā mea kaua, hāʻawi ʻia i nā manawa i kākau ʻia o nā hana hōʻino a Saudi i kona mau kamaʻāina a me ka poʻe o Iemene. ʻO nā hui honua e like me ka Yemen-based Mwatana no nā Kuleana Kanaka, a ʻo kekahi ʻO Amnesty International a ʻO ka Watch Watch, also palapala ʻO ka hana pōʻino o nā pōkā i hana ʻia e nā mea kākoʻo CANSEC e like me Raytheon, General Dynamics, a me Lockheed Martin i ka lele ʻana o ka ea ma Yemen i pā, ma waena o nā mea kīwila ʻē aʻe, he wahi kuai, he ahaaina mare, a he kaʻa kaʻa kula.

"Ma waho o kona mau palena, ʻaihue nā hui Kanada i nā lāhui i hoʻoluhi ʻia o ka honua aʻo ka imperialism ʻo Kanada e pōmaikaʻi ana i kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he hoa ʻōpio i ke kaua nui o ka imperialism alakaʻi ʻia e US," wahi a Aiyanas Ormond, me ka International League of Peoples ' paio. "Mai kona hao wale ʻana i ka waiwai mineral o ka Philippines, i kona kākoʻo ʻana i ka noho ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela, apartheid a me nā hewa kaua ma Palesetina, i kāna hana hewa i ka noho ʻana a me ka hao ʻana o Haiti, i kāna hoʻopaʻi a me nā hoʻololi aupuni e kūʻē iā Venezuela, i nā mea kaua. Hoʻohana ka imperialism Kanada i kona pūʻali koa a me nā mākaʻi e hoʻouka i ka poʻe, e kāohi i kā lākou hakakā pono no ka hoʻoholo ponoʻī a no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka lāhui a me ka nohona a me ka mālama ʻana i kāna aupuni o ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka hao wale. E hui pū kākou e pani i kēia mīkini kaua!”

I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Kanada ma mua o $ 26 miliona i nā waiwai koa i ka ʻIseraʻela, kahi hoʻonui o 33% ma mua o ka makahiki i hala. Ua komo kēia ma kahi o $6 miliona ma nā mea pahū. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kau inoa ʻo Kanada i kahi ʻaelike e kūʻai aku i nā drones mai ka mea hana mea kaua nui loa a ʻIseraʻela a me ka mea hōʻikeʻike CANSEC ʻo Elbit Systems, e hāʻawi ana i ka 85% o nā drones i hoʻohana ʻia e ka pūʻali koa Israeli e nānā a hoʻouka i nā Palestinians ma West Bank a me Gaza. ʻO kahi lālā Elbit Systems, IMI Systems, ka mea hoʻolako nui i nā pōkā 5.56 mm, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka pōkā i hoʻohana ʻia e nā pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela e pepehi i ka mea kākau moʻolelo Palestinian Shireen Abu Akleh.

ʻO ka mea hōʻikeʻike CANSEC ka Canadian Commercial Corporation, kahi keʻena aupuni e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā ʻaelike ma waena o nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kaua a me nā aupuni ʻē aʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he $234 miliona e kūʻai aku i nā helikopter 16 Bell 412 i ka pūʻali koa o ka Philippines. Mai kona koho ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 2016, ʻo ke aupuni o ka Pelekikena Pilipine ʻO Rodrigo Duterte ua hōʻailona ʻia e ke aupuni weliweli ka mea i pepehi i na tausani ma ke ano o ka hooikaika ana i ka laau lapaau, me na mea kakau nupepa, na alakai hana, a me na mea hana pono kanaka.

Manaʻo ʻia ka poʻe 12,000 e hōʻuluʻulu no ka CANSEC arm fair i kēia makahiki, e hōʻuluʻulu ana i nā mea hōʻikeʻike 306 i manaʻo ʻia, me nā mea hana mea kaua, nā ʻenehana koa a me nā ʻoihana lako, nā mea hoʻolaha, a me nā keʻena aupuni. He 55 mau ʻelele o ka honua i manaʻo ʻia e hele mai. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka expo mea kaua e ka Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI), e hōʻike ana ma mua o 900 mau ʻoihana pale a me nā ʻoihana palekana.

KĀWAI

ʻO nā haneli o nā lobbyists ma Ottawa e hōʻike nei i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kaua ʻaʻole wale no ka hoʻokūkū ʻana no nā ʻaelike pūʻali koa, akā ke hoʻomake nei i ke aupuni e hoʻolālā i nā kulekele e kūpono i nā lako kaua a lākou e ʻimi nei. Loaʻa iā Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, BAE, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Airbus, United Technologies a me Raytheon nā keʻena āpau ma Ottawa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke komo ʻana i nā luna aupuni, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i loko o kekahi mau poloka mai Parliament. ʻO CANSEC a me kāna mea mua, ʻo ARMX, ua kū i ke kūʻē kūʻē no nā makahiki he ʻekolu. I ʻApelila 1989, ua pane aku ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o Ottawa i ke kūʻē ʻana i ka hoʻolaha lima ma ke koho balota ʻana e hoʻōki i ka hōʻike lima ARMX e hana ʻia ana ma Lansdowne Park a me nā waiwai ʻē aʻe o ke kūlanakauhale. Ma ka lā 22 o Mei, 1989, ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,000 poʻe i hele mai Confederation Park a piʻi i ke alanui Bank e kūʻē i ka hoʻolaha lima ma Lansdowne Park. I ka lā aʻe, Poalua Mei 23, ua hoʻonohonoho ka Alliance for Non-Violence Action i kahi kūʻē nui i hopu ʻia ai nā kānaka 160. ʻAʻole i hoʻi hou ʻo ARMX i Ottawa a hiki i Malaki 1993 i ka wā i hana ʻia ai ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Ottawa ma lalo o ka inoa rebranded Peacekeeping '93. Ma hope o ke kūʻē ʻana i ke kūʻē nui ʻaʻole i hana hou ʻia ʻo ARMX a hiki i Mei 2009 i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo ia ka hōʻike mua o nā mea kaua CANSEC, i mālama hou ʻia ma Lansdowne Park, i kūʻai ʻia mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ottawa a i ke Kaona ʻĀina o Ottawa-Carleton i 1999.