Na Laurel Thompson, rabble.ca, Iune 24, 2022
ʻO Laurel Thompson koʻu inoa, a ua komo koke wau i nā hōʻikeʻike i mua o ka Canadian Association of Defense and Security (CANSEC) trade show ma ka EY Center ma Ottawa. Aia wau me ka hui Montreal no kahi World Beyond War. I koʻu kū ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui a nānā aku iā ʻoe e hōʻea mai i kāu mau kaʻa, ua noʻonoʻo wau pehea ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana i kahi hui hana i nā mea kaua? Pono ʻoe e loaʻa nā ʻohana e kākoʻo a me nā moraki e uku e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe, akā pehea ʻoe e hoʻoholo ai i nā kuee he nui i kāu kula?
Contradiction #1: ʻAʻole ʻo Canada ma lalo o kahi hoʻoweliweli no laila no ke aha e pono ai mākou e "pale aku i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana"?
No ka laʻana, aia kahi hōʻailona ma ka ʻaoʻao o kekahi o nā hale modular ma ka hōʻike kālepa i ʻōlelo ʻia "Defending Our Future." Ua noʻonoʻo au i ke ʻano o ka "Our Future"? Ke manaʻo nei lākou i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana ma Kanada i kahi ʻāina pōmaikaʻi, palekana, hoʻomohala? Ke manaʻo nei lākou i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana ma ke ʻano he ʻano ma ka honua honua? A i ʻole ke manaʻo nei lākou i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana ma ke ʻano he poʻe Komohana i ke kaua anu hou e kūʻē iā Rūsia a me Kina? Ua manaʻo paha nā mea hoʻokele kālepa i kēia mau mea a pau, akā "pale" iā lākou me nā mea kaua e manaʻo nei e makemake kekahi e lawe i "ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana" mai iā mākou, a noʻonoʻo wau i kēlā? ʻAʻole au ʻike i kekahi e komo mai ana i ko mākou mau kapakai. ʻO ka ʻāina wale nō e hiki ke hoʻouka i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Kanada ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻOiai inā e komo ʻo Rūsia a me Kina paha i Kanada mai ka ʻākau, e loaʻa iā lākou ka nui o ke kahakai e uhi ai, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mea e heheʻe. ʻO nā ʻōlelo hoʻoweliweli iā mākou mai kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe ʻaneʻane ʻaʻole loaʻa, no laila ʻo wai kā mākou e pale nei iā mākou iho?
Contradiction #2: Loaʻa ka waiwai kālepa o nā mea kaua ma Kanada mai kā mākou hui pū ʻana me nā mea hana geopolitical moe kolohe.
ʻAʻohe mea lanakila ma ke kaua. Hoʻopau ia i ka waiwai a me ka naʻau o ka poʻe a pau e komo i loko. ʻO ka hui wale nō i lanakila me ke kaua, ʻo ia ka poʻe i hana i nā mea kaua e like me ʻoe iho no ka mea nānā ʻO ke kaua hope e alakaʻi i nā aupuni e hoʻokomo i nā miliona ma nā mea kaua i mea e pale ai. He paʻakikī loa kēia mau mea kaua a koi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui e hoʻohana ai, no laila lawe nā koa iā lākou i waho o nā pahu mālama no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, akā ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻohana ma Kanada no ka mea ʻaʻohe hoʻoweliweli ʻo Canada. No laila, no ke aha mākou iā lākou?
Loaʻa iā mākou no ka mea ma waho aʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kaua i mākaukau no ka hoʻoweliweli ʻole, kūʻai aku mākou iā lākou i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i kākoʻo ʻia e kā mākou aupuni, e like me ka US a me Saudi Arabia. He moʻolelo pono kanaka weliweli ka hope akā ʻaʻole hopohopo ka poʻe Liberal no ka uhai ʻana i ke kānāwai o ka honua ma ke kūʻai ʻana aku iā lākou i nā kaʻa kaua māmā (LAV). ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, hōʻole ʻo ia e kau inoa i ka Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) e hoʻoponopono ana i ke kālepa ʻana i nā mea kaua maʻamau no ka mea hiki ke kau i ka palena. kuai pu hale. Ke kūʻai aku nei mākou i nā mea kaua iā lākou. Ua kau inoa ʻo Canada i ka ATT, akā ʻo ke kālepa lima ʻo Canada he ʻoihana $10 biliona, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea e hele i ka US ʻAʻole anei he kūʻē i ʻaneʻi? Pehea mākou e pale ai i nā mea kaua mai ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana no ka hōʻino ʻana i nā pono kanaka inā mākou e kūʻai aku iā lākou i ka US a me Saudi Arabia?
Kū'ē #3: Paipai ka DPSA i nā hui mea kaua Kanada e hānai i ka US addiction i nā pū.
ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ka ʻāina ikaika loa i ka honua. Ma muli o nā kaua ma Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, nui ka nui o nā mea kaua a puni ka ʻāina a aia ma kahi o 400 miliona mau mea kaua i nā lima kīwila. Me ka papahana 1033, ua hāʻawi ʻo Ronald Reagan lāua ʻo Bill Clinton i nā lako kaua nui, me nā mea kaua a me nā kaʻa, nā keʻena mākaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO ka 2006 Defense Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) ka mea hiki i nā ʻoihana Kanada ke hana i ka noiʻi a me ka hana hoʻomohala e kū ana i nā koi o pūʻali koa US. ʻAʻole uku ka poʻe ʻauhau Kanada ma lalo o 25 pākēneka o ke kumukūʻai o nā papahana i manaʻo ʻia e ka Canadian Department of Defense of Production (CDDP) i ka US Pentagon. He maikaʻi kēia no ke kālepa mea kaua no ka mea he liʻiliʻi loa ka mākeke Kanada e lawelawe i ka helu o nā hui e makemake e loaʻa kālā mai nā mea kaua. Hoʻokuʻu aku mākou i ka 50 i ka 60 pākēneka o kā lākou hana, ʻo ka hapa nui i ka US ʻO ka Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI) e hōʻike ana ma mua o 900 mau hui lālā e hoʻohana ana ma mua o 63,000 Canadians a e hoʻonui i $ 10 biliona i nā kālā makahiki. Pehea i pau ai ʻo Canada me 900 mau mea hana lima? No ka mea me ka DPSA a me ka NATO he kālā e loaʻa.
ʻAʻole nā mea kaua no kā mākou hoʻohana ponoʻī, akā no ka mea makemake nā hui Kanada e like me CAE a me Blackberry e loaʻa kālā, hana mākou iā lākou no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia hoʻi inā he liʻiliʻi nā mea hana lima Kanada, e hoʻemi mākou i waho.
Ma ka ʻae ʻana i nā mea kūʻai lima e hāʻawi i nā papahana i ka US Army kahi e uku ai ka CDDP i ka 25 pākēneka o ke kumukūʻai, hoʻoikaika ka DPSA i ka hana lima ma Kanada. He mau hana maikaʻi paha kēia no ka poʻe Kanada, akā ʻo ka ʻāina me ka US e hana nui nei i ka ʻoihana, ʻaʻole anei ʻo Canada e like me ka mea kūʻai lāʻau? Ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka US me nā mea kaua i kākoʻo ʻia, ua paipai ka poʻe Kanada "maluhia" i ka US e hoʻomau i ke aupuni rogue ikaika.
Kū'ē #4: Paipai ʻo Canada i ka pepehi kanaka ʻana i nā keiki e like me ka NRA
Hoʻopilikia ʻia ka poʻe kālai'āina US no ka mea makemake lākou i ke kālā no ke koho ʻana, a ʻo kekahi o nā mea hāʻawi nui loa ʻo ia ka National Rifle Association (NRA). ʻO ka hopena, ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe kākoʻo hoʻomalu i ka pū ke kaupalena i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā pū no ka mea hāʻawi nui aku ka NRA i ke kālā i nā hoʻolaha politika ma mua o kā lākou hana, a hoʻolimalima i nā haneli o nā lobbyists e pale aku i ka hoʻoponopono. ʻO ke kumu o ka huhū nui o ka US, wahi a lākou, ʻaʻole no ka pū; ʻo ke ola kino ka pilikia.
Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mana o Canada ma mua o ka US, akā ʻaʻole ia e ʻōlelo nui. Ua pāpā wale ʻo Trudeau i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kaua semi-aunoa ma 2020. Eia naʻe, ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻelua mau pana kula i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kā lākou. 288. Ke pale aku nei ka NRA i nā mea ʻae ʻole i nā pū a me nā pū, akā ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki ke pepehi ʻia nā keiki ponoʻī a nā lālā NRA ma ke kula.
Ke make nei nā keiki me nā mea kaua ma Kanada, a ʻoiai ʻo ka lawe ʻana aku i nā mea kaua he ʻāpana nui o kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, make nā keiki ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe me nā mea kaua i hana ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. No laila he aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka pepehi kanaka ʻana o nā keiki e ka NRA ma US, a me ka pepehi ʻana o nā keiki e nā mea hana lima Kanada ma, e ʻōlelo, Yemen? He kuleana ko Canadians i nā keiki Yemeni ma ke ʻano he poʻe ʻōpio hala ʻole i kūpono ʻole e make. Ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea pahū o Saudis no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka Houthis, ʻaʻole anei ʻo Canada e kōkua i ka Saudis e like me ke kuleana ʻole e like me ka NRA? I kēia manawa, pau 10,000 keiki i make.
ʻO kēia kekahi o nā ʻano like ʻole aʻu i ʻike ai i kāu hana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo kahi kulekele ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i nā mea hana lima 900 ke holomua ma kahi ʻāina e hoʻolaha nei iā ia iho he mea hoʻomalu maluhia. ʻO 63,000 Canadians e ola nei ma ka hana ʻana i nā mīkini e pepehi kanaka a puhi i ke kaiapuni. Ma muli o kā mākou hoʻomākeʻaka, he mea hilahila ka hoʻokamani hoʻokamani, akā ʻaʻohe ʻaoʻao kālai'āina e kāhea ana i ke aupuni e hoʻoponopono, a ʻo nā hui civic liʻiliʻi e like me Project Plowshares hiki i nā poʻe kālai'āina wale nō. Kakaʻikahi ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o nā mea hoʻolaha nui.
Ma ke kākau ʻana iā ʻoe, ʻaʻole wau e manaʻo e loli nui, akā makemake wau e hoʻomaka i kahi kamaʻilio no ka mea hiki ʻole ke kūlana a manaʻo wau aia kahi ala e loaʻa ai kahi kumu like. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe makemake e hana i nā mīkini pepehi kanaka. Makemake au e hoʻopau i ke kaua. Inā hiki iaʻu ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe he pono ʻole ka hana āu e hana nei, malia paha hiki iā mākou ke hele i lalo o nā mea, a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā manawa hana hou i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me ka mea a mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai. E ho'āʻo kākou e noʻonoʻo i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea i loaʻa iā mākou i kēia manawa.
me ka manao pono,
Laurel Cleugh Thompson,
Montreal, QC
