Daim Ntawv Qhib Los Ntawm Setsuko Thurlow

Setsuko Thurlow, tus tshaj tawm ICAN thiab Hiroshima tus muaj txoj sia nyob, hais lus hauv nroog Hall, hauv Oslo

Lub Suab Muaj Peev Xwm Justin Trudeau
Thawj Fwm Tsav tebchaws Canada
Chaw ua haujlwm ntawm Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Tebchaws Asmeskas
K1A 0A2

Lub rau hli ntuj 22, 2020

Nyob zoo Prime Minister Trudeau:

Raws li ib tug neeg muaj txoj sia nyob Hiroshima, kuv tau txais txiaj ntsig los koom ua ke txais Nobel Peace yam khoom muaj nqis xyoo 2017 sawv cev ntawm International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Riam phom. Nrog rau lub 75th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm lub atomic bombings ntawm Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki thaum lub yim hli ntuj 6th thiab 9th, kuv tau sau ntawv mus rau tag nrho cov thawj coj ntawm lub ntiaj teb no, thov kom lawv pom zoo rau UN Treaty ntawm txwv tsis pub muaj riam phom Nuclear, thiab kuv nug cov ib yam ntawm peb tsoom fwv.

Tom qab kuv tau sib yuav kuv tus txiv, James Thurlow, thiab thawj zaug tsiv mus rau Canada xyoo 1955, kuv feem ntau xav tsis thoob tias Canada muaj kev koom tes hauv kev tsim cov foob pob atom uas ua rau, thaum kawg ntawm 1945, cov neeg tuag ntau dua 140,000 hauv Hiroshima, 70,000. hauv Nagasaki thiab kev puas tsuaj loj heev thiab raug mob uas kuv tus kheej tau pom thaum muaj hnub nyoog kaum peb xyoos. Nws yeej yog ntuj txiag teb tsaus hauv ntiaj teb.

Kuv vam tias koj yuav tuaj yeem nug ib tus neeg pabcuam los tshuaj xyuas cov ntaub ntawv kaw, "Canada thiab Atom Bomb" thiab qhia txog nws cov ntsiab lus rau koj.

Cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm cov ntaub ntawv yog tias Canada, Tebchaws Meskas thiab United Kingdom - raws li kev sib ntaus sib tua cov phooj ywg thaum Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II - tsis tau tsuas yog koom ua ke tag nrho lawv cov khoom siv phom sij. Canada kuj yog tus thawj coj ncaj qha hauv Manhattan Project uas tsim cov uranium thiab plutonium atom foob pob poob rau Nyiv. Qhov kev koom tes ncaj qha no tau ua haujlwm nyob rau qib siab tshaj plaws hauv Canadian kev nom kev tswv thiab tsoomfwv qib siab.

Thaum Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Mackenzie King tuav Thawj Tswj Hwm Roosevelt thiab Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Askiv Winston Churchill hauv Quebec City thaum Lub Yim Hli 1943, thiab lawv tau kos npe rau Quebec Daim Ntawv Pom Zoo rau kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev tsim lub foob pob tawg, Daim Ntawv Pom Zoo - hauv Mackenzie King cov lus - "ua rau Canada kuj yog tog rau kev txhim kho. "

Rau 75th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm kev foob pob atomic ntawm Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki thaum Lub Yim Hli 6 thiab 9th, Kuv ua tsaug thov kom koj lees paub Canada txoj kev koom tes hauv thiab kev koom tes rau ob lub foob pob atomic thiab tshaj tawm cov lus tshaj tawm kev khuv xim sawv cev ntawm tsoomfwv Canadian rau qhov loj. kev tuag thiab kev txom nyem los ntawm lub foob pob atom uas rhuav tshem ob lub nroog Nyij Pooj.

Qhov kev koom tes ncaj qha ntawm tsoomfwv Canadian (piv txwv li hauv daim ntawv tshawb fawb txuas nrog) muaj cov hauv qab no:

-Mackenzie King tus thawj coj uas muaj hwj chim tshaj plaws, CD Howe, Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb thiab Kev Ruaj Ntseg, tau sawv cev rau Canada ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Txoj Cai Sib Koom Tes tau tsim los tswj kev sib koom tes ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, United Kingdom thiab Canada los tsim lub foob pob tawg.

-CJ Mackenzie, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb Hauv Tebchaws Canada, sawv cev rau Canada ntawm pawg kws tshaj lij uas tau teeb tsa los ntawm Pawg Neeg Ua Haujlwm Txoj Cai Sib Koom Tes los koom tes ua haujlwm ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb ua haujlwm ntawm Canadian cov haujlwm nrog lawv cov npoj yaig hauv Tebchaws Meskas.

-Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb Hauv Tebchaws Canada tau tsim thiab tsim cov tshuab hluav taws xob nuclear ntawm nws lub chaw kuaj mob Montreal thiab ntawm Chalk River, Ontario, pib xyoo 1942 thiab 1944, thiab xa lawv cov kev tshawb fawb tshawb fawb mus rau Manhattan Project.

-Eldorado Gold Mines Limited tau pib muab tons ntawm uranium ore los ntawm nws cov mine ntawm Great Bear Lake hauv Northwest Territories rau cov kws tshawb fawb Askiv nrog rau cov kws tshawb fawb Asmeskas tshawb fawb txog nuclear fission ntawm Columbia University hauv New York thaum Lub Kaum Hli 1939.

-Thaum Enrico Fermi tau ua tiav hauv kev tsim lub ntiaj teb thawj qhov kev txhawb nqa ntawm nws tus kheej-kev txhawb nqa nuclear cov tshuaj tiv thaiv ntawm University of Chicago thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2, 1942, nws tau siv Canadian uranium los ntawm Eldorado.

-Rau cov lus qhia ntawm CJ Mackenzie thiab CD Howe, daim ntawv txiav txim zais cia hauv Pawg Sab Laj thaum Lub Xya Hli 15, 1942, tau faib $ 4,900,000 [$ 75,500,000 hauv 2020 las] rau tsoomfwv Canadian kom yuav cov khoom lag luam Eldorado txaus kom muaj kev tswj hwm zoo ntawm lub tuam txhab.

-Eldorado tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus tshwj xeeb nrog Manhattan Project thaum Lub Xya Hli thiab Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1942 rau 350 tons ntawm uranium ore thiab tom qab ntawd ntxiv 500 tons.

-Lub Canadian tsoom fwv teb chaws Eldorado Mining thiab Refining Limited nyob rau hauv Lub ib hlis ntuj 1944 thiab hloov lub tuam txhab mus rau hauv lub Crown Corporation kom ruaj Canadian uranium rau Manhattan Project. CD Howe tau hais tias "tsoomfwv txoj haujlwm hauv kev tswj hwm Eldorado Mining thiab Smelting Company yog ib feem ntawm atomic [pob zeb] kev txhim kho."

-Eldorado lub refinery nyob rau hauv Port Hope, Ontario, yog tib lub refinery nyob rau hauv North America muaj peev xwm ntawm refining cov uranium ore los ntawm Belgian Congo, feem ntau ntawm uas (nrog rau Canadian uranium) tau siv nyob rau hauv lub tsim ntawm lub Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki atom foob pob.

-Raws li cov lus qhia ntawm CD Howe, Lub Tuam Txhab Kev Lag Luam Kev Lag Luam thiab Smelting hauv Txoj Kev, BC tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog Manhattan Project thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1942 los tsim cov dej hnyav rau nuclear reactors los tsim plutonium.

-Raws li General Leslie Groves, tus thawj coj tub rog ntawm Manhattan Project, tau sau hauv nws keeb kwm Tam sim no Nws tuaj yeem Qhia, "muaj txog kaum kaum tus kws tshawb fawb Canadian hauv Txoj Haujlwm."

Thaum Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Mackenzie King tau ceeb toom rau Lub Yim Hli 6, 1945 tias lub foob pob atom tau poob rau hauv Hiroshima, nws tau sau rau hauv nws phau ntawv teev npe "Tam sim no peb pom dab tsi tuaj rau cov haiv neeg Askiv tau muaj cov kws tshawb fawb German yeej kev sib tw [los txhim kho lub atom. foob ​​pob]. Nws yog qhov muaj hmoo tias kev siv lub foob pob yuav tsum yog rau cov neeg Nyij Pooj es tsis yog rau cov haiv neeg dawb hauv Tebchaws Europe. "

Thaum Lub Yim Hli Ntuj xyoo 1998, ib pawg neeg sawv cev los ntawm Deline, NWT, sawv cev rau Dene cov neeg yos hav zoov thiab cov neeg daig ua haujlwm los ntawm Eldorado los nqa cov hnab ntim ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob uranium rau ntawm lawv nraub qaum rau kev thauj mus rau Eldorado refinery hauv Port Hope tau mus rau Hiroshima thiab qhia lawv tu siab rau lawv qhov tsis tau txais. lub luag haujlwm hauv kev tsim lub foob pob atom. Ntau tus Dene tau lawv tus kheej tuag vim mob qog noj ntshav vim lawv raug cov uranium ore, tawm hauv Deline ib lub zos ntawm poj ntsuam.

Muaj tseeb tiag, Tsoomfwv Canadian yuav tsum ua nws tus kheej lees paub ntawm Canada qhov kev pabcuam rau kev tsim cov foob pob atom uas rhuav tshem Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki. Cov neeg Canadians muaj cai paub seb peb tsoom fwv tau koom nrog Manhattan Project uas tsim lub ntiaj teb thawj cov riam phom nuclear.

Txij li thaum xyoo 1988, thaum Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Brian Mulroney tau thov txim hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm Nyij Pooj-Canadians thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum Ob, Tsoomfwv Canadian tau lees paub thiab thov txim rau ntau qhov kev ua txhaum keeb kwm yav dhau los. Cov no suav nrog kev thov txim rau Thawj Tebchaws rau lub tsev kawm ntawv nyob hauv Canadian uas cais cov menyuam yaus los ntawm lawv tsev neeg thiab nrhiav kev tshem tawm lawv cov lus thiab kab lis kev cai.

Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Mulroney thov txim rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm Italians ua "tus yeeb ncuab txawv tebchaws" thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II. Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Stephen Harper tau thov txim hauv Tsev rau Suav lub taub hau se rau cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw Suav ntawm xyoo 1885 thiab 1923.

Koj tus kheej tau lees paub thiab thov txim hauv Tsev rau qhov xwm txheej Komagata Maru uas lub nkoj thauj neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw los ntawm Is Nrias teb raug txwv tsis pub tsaws hauv Vancouver xyoo 1914.

ou kuj tau thov txim hauv Tsev rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Mackenzie King qhov kev txiav txim siab xyoo 1939 kom tsis lees txais kev thov lub tsev vwm los ntawm ntau dua 900 tus neeg Yudais German khiav tawm ntawm Nazis ntawm lub nkoj St. Louis, 254 tus neeg tuag hauv Holocaust thaum lawv raug yuam kom rov qab mus rau lub teb chaws Yelemees. .

Koj tau thov txim dua ib zaug hauv Tsev rau yav dhau los lub xeev-raug kev ntxub ntxaug tawm tsam poj niam txiv neej, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer thiab ob-spirited neeg hauv Canada.

Eldorado tau teeb tsa lub cim kos rau ntawm qhov chaw ntawm nws qhov chaw nres nkoj Radium mine uas tau nyeem hauv cov ntawv loj, "Lub mine no tau rov qhib dua xyoo 1942 los muab uranium rau Manhattan Project (kev txhim kho ntawm lub foob pob atomic). Tab sis qhov kev paub no los ntawm cov neeg Canadians ntawm peb lub teb chaws txoj kev koom tes ncaj qha hauv kev foob pob atomic ntawm Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki tau tag nrho tab sis ploj mus los ntawm peb cov kev nco qab.

Koj txiv, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Pierre Trudeau, tau ua siab loj coj tawm ntawm Asmeskas cov riam phom nuclear uas nyob hauv Canada. Kuv tau nyob ntawm UN General Assembly thawj zaug Kev Sib Tham Tshwj Xeeb ntawm Kev Sib Tw rau Lub Tsib Hlis 26, 1978 thaum, nyob rau hauv txoj hauv kev tshiab rau kev tshem riam phom, nws tau tawm tswv yim "txoj kev ua kom tsis muaj zog" uas yog ib qho kev txwv thiab thim rov qab kev sib tw riam phom nuclear ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. thiab Soviet Union.

Nws tau hais tias "Peb tsis yog thawj lub tebchaws hauv ntiaj teb uas muaj peev xwm tsim riam phom nuclear uas tau xaiv tsis ua li ntawd," nws hais tias, "peb kuj yog thawj lub tebchaws muaj riam phom nuclear uas tau xaiv los tshem tawm nws tus kheej ntawm riam phom nuclear. ” Kuv txaus siab heev thiab zoo siab heev los ntawm nws cov lus hais rau UN Kev Txiav Txim Siab, yog li cia siab tias nws txoj kev ua siab loj yuav ua rau muaj kev txwv riam phom nuclear.

Raws li Tebchaws Meskas thiab Russia tshaj tawm tias puas muaj kev phom sij ntau dua nuclear kev xa khoom thiab kev hloov kho tshiab ntawm lawv lub zog nuclear - thiab Asmeskas xav rov pib dua kev sim nuclear - lub suab tshiab rau kev tshem riam phom nuclear yog qhov xav tau ceev.

Koj tau lees paub tias Canada rov qab los rau hauv kev ua haujlwm thoob ntiaj teb. Lub sijhawm los txog 75 xyoos ntawm kev foob pob atomic ntawm Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki thaum Lub Yim Hli 6th thiab 9th yuav yog lub sijhawm tsim nyog los lees paub Canada lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tsim riam phom nuclear, qhia txog kev tu siab rau cov neeg tuag thiab kev txom nyem uas lawv tshwm sim hauv Hiroshima thiab Nagasaki. , nrog rau tshaj tawm tias Canada yuav pom zoo rau UN Treaty ntawm Kev txwv tsis pub muaj riam phom Nuclear.

Ua tsaug koj li,
Setsuko Thurlow
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