Pua pua tawm tsam, thaiv kev nkag mus rau North America qhov loj tshaj riam phom ncaj ncees

By World BEYOND War, Lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 2022

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OTTAWA - Ntau pua tus neeg tau txwv kev nkag mus rau kev qhib CANSEC, North America cov riam phom loj tshaj plaws thiab "kev lag luam tiv thaiv" rooj sib tham ntawm EY Center hauv Ottawa. 40 ko taw banners hais tias "Ntshav Ntawm Koj Tes," "Stop Profiting From War," thiab "Arms Dealers Tsis Zoo Siab Txais Tos" cuam tshuam txoj kev tsheb thiab cov neeg taug kev nkag thaum cov neeg tuaj koom tau sim sau npe rau thiab nkag mus rau hauv lub rooj sib tham tam sim ua ntej Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand tau teem sijhawm. muab qhov chaw nyob qhib keynote.

"Tib qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb thoob ntiaj teb uas tau ua rau muaj kev nyuaj siab rau ntau lab tus tau coj cov ntaub ntawv tau txais txiaj ntsig rau cov tuam txhab riam phom xyoo no," hais Rachel Small, tus koom nrog World BEYOND War. "Cov neeg ua tsov rog no muaj ntshav rau ntawm lawv txhais tes thiab peb tab tom ua rau tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem koom nrog lawv cov riam phom ncaj ncees yam tsis muaj kev tawm tsam ncaj qha rau kev ua phem thiab kev ua phem rau cov ntshav uas lawv cuam tshuam rau CANSEC hauv kev sib koom siab nrog ntau lab tus tib neeg thoob ntiaj teb. raug tua, leej twg raug kev txom nyem, uas tau raug tshem tawm vim yog cov riam phom muag thiab kev ua tub rog ua los ntawm cov neeg thiab cov koom haum hauv lub rooj sib tham no. Thaum ntau tshaj li rau lab tus neeg tawg rog tau khiav tawm hauv Ukraine xyoo no, thaum ntau dua 400,000 cov neeg pej xeem raug tua nyob rau hauv xya xyoo ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog hauv Yemen, thaum tsawg kawg. 13 Cov me nyuam Palestinian raug tua nyob rau sab hnub poob Bank txij thaum pib ntawm 2022, cov tuam txhab riam phom txhawb nqa thiab nthuav tawm hauv CANSEC yog raking hauv cov ntaub ntawv billions hauv cov txiaj ntsig. Lawv tsuas yog tib neeg uas yeej cov kev tsov rog no. "

Lockheed Martin, yog ib tus neeg txhawb nqa loj ntawm CANSEC, tau pom lawv cov khoom lag luam nce ze li 25 feem pua ​​​​ txij li thaum pib lub xyoo tshiab, thaum Raytheon, General Dynamics thiab Northrop Grumman txhua tus pom lawv cov nqi khoom lag luam nce li ntawm 12 feem pua. Tsuas yog ua ntej Lavxias teb sab ntxeem tau ntawm Ukraine, Lockheed Martin Thawj Tswj Hwm James Taiclet hais tias ntawm kev hu xov tooj nyiaj tau los uas nws tau kwv yees tias qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb yuav ua rau muaj kev tiv thaiv nyiaj txiag thiab kev muag khoom ntxiv rau lub tuam txhab. Greg Hayes, CEO ntawm Raytheon, lwm tus neeg txhawb nqa CANSEC, hais rau cov tub ua lag luam nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no uas lub tuam txhab xav pom "cov cib fim rau kev muag khoom thoob ntiaj teb" thaum muaj kev hem thawj ntawm Lavxias. Nws ntxiv: "Kuv vam tias peb yuav pom qee qhov txiaj ntsig los ntawm nws." Hayes tau txais pob nyiaj them txhua xyoo ntawm $ 23 lab Hauv 2021, nce 11% tshaj xyoo dhau los.

Brent Patterson, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Peace Brigades International Canada tau hais tias "Lub riam phom, tsheb thiab cov thev naus laus zis tau txhawb nqa ntawm qhov kev qhia caj npab no muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau tib neeg txoj cai hauv lub tebchaws no thiab thoob ntiaj teb," said Brent Patterson, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Peace Brigades International Canada. "Dab tsi ua kev zoo siab thiab muag ntawm no txhais tau hais tias kev ua txhaum cai tib neeg txoj cai, kev soj ntsuam thiab kev tuag."

Canada tau dhau los ua ib qho ntawm lub ntiaj teb sab saum toj muag riam phom thoob ntiaj teb, thiab yog thib ob loj tshaj riam phom muab mus rau thaj tsam Middle East. Cov caj npab Canadian feem ntau raug xa tawm mus rau Saudi Arabia thiab lwm lub tebchaws koom nrog kev sib cav sib ceg hnyav hauv Middle East thiab North Africa, txawm hais tias cov neeg siv khoom no tau rov cuam tshuam rau kev ua txhaum cai thoob ntiaj teb tib neeg txoj cai.

Txij li thaum pib ntawm Saudi-coj kev cuam tshuam nyob rau hauv Yemen thaum ntxov 2015, Canada tau xa tawm kwv yees li $ 7.8 nphom hauv caj npab mus rau Saudi Arabia, feem ntau yog armored tsheb tsim los ntawm CANSEC exhibitor GDLS. Tam sim no nyob rau hauv nws xyoo xya, kev ua tsov ua rog hauv Yemen tau tua ntau dua 400,000 tus neeg, thiab tsim kev kub ntxhov rau tib neeg ntiaj teb. Exhaustive tsom xam los ntawm Canadian pej xeem cov koom haum tau lees paub tias cov kev hloov pauv no yog ua txhaum cai ntawm Canada lub luag haujlwm raws li Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), uas tswj kev lag luam thiab hloov riam phom, muab cov ntaub ntawv zoo ntawm Saudi kev tsim txom tawm tsam nws cov pej xeem thiab cov neeg ntawm Yemen. Cov pab pawg thoob ntiaj teb zoo li Yemen-based Mwatana rau Cov Cai Hais Txog Tib Neeg, Raws li zoo raws li Amnesty International thiab Human Rights Watch, muaj kuj tau sau tseg Lub luag haujlwm loj heev ntawm cov foob pob tsim los ntawm CANSEC cov neeg txhawb nqa xws li Raytheon, General Dynamics, thiab Lockheed Martin hauv huab cua tawm tsam ntawm Yemen uas ntaus, ntawm lwm lub hom phiaj pej xeem, ib lub khw, ib lub tshoob, Thiab ib lub tsheb npav kawm ntawv.

"Ntawm nws cov ciam teb, Canadian corporations plunder lub teb chaws raug tsim txom ntawm lub ntiaj teb no thaum Canadian imperialism tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm nws lub luag haujlwm ua tus khub hluas hauv US-coj imperialism txoj kev loj ntawm kev ua tub rog thiab kev lag luam kev tsov kev rog," said Aiyanas Ormond, nrog International League of Peoples ' Tawm tsam. "Los ntawm nws plunder ntawm cov ntxhia nplua nuj ntawm Philippines, rau nws kev txhawb nqa rau Israeli txoj hauj lwm, apartheid thiab ua tsov ua rog txhaum cai nyob rau hauv Palestine, mus rau nws lub luag hauj lwm txhaum cai nyob rau hauv txoj hauj lwm thiab plunder ntawm Haiti, rau nws cov kev rau txim thiab tsoom fwv hloov machinations tawm tsam Venezuela, mus rau caj npab. Kev xa tawm mus rau lwm lub xeev imperialist thiab cov neeg siv kev tswj hwm, Canadian imperialism siv nws cov tub rog thiab tub ceev xwm los tawm tsam tib neeg, txwv tsis pub lawv tsuas yog kev tawm tsam rau tus kheej txiav txim siab thiab rau lub teb chaws thiab kev ywj pheej thiab tswj hwm nws txoj cai ntawm kev siv thiab nyiag khoom. Cia peb koom ua ke kaw lub tshuab ua rog no!”

Hauv 2021, Canada tau xa tawm ntau dua $ 26 lab hauv cov khoom tub rog rau cov neeg Ixayees, nce 33% xyoo dhau los. Qhov no suav nrog tsawg kawg yog $ 6 lab hauv cov khoom tawg. Xyoo tas los, Canada tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus los yuav cov drones los ntawm cov neeg Ixayees lub tuam txhab riam phom loj tshaj plaws thiab CANSEC cov chaw tsim khoom Elbit Systems, uas muab 85% ntawm cov drones siv los ntawm Israeli tub rog los saib xyuas thiab tawm tsam cov neeg Palestinians hauv West Bank thiab Gaza. Ib lub tuam txhab Elbit Systems, IMI Systems, yog lub chaw muab khoom tseem ceeb ntawm 5.56 hli cov mos txwv, tib hom mos txwv uas tau siv los ntawm Israeli txoj haujlwm tub rog tua neeg Palestinian neeg sau xov xwm Shireen Abu Akleh.

CANSEC qhov chaw nthuav tawm Canadian Commercial Corporation, tsoomfwv lub koomhaum uas pabcuam kev sib cog lus ntawm Canadian caj npab exporters thiab tsoomfwv txawv tebchaws tsis ntev los no tau muag $ 234 lab kev cog lus muag 16 Tswb 412 nyoob hoom qav taub rau cov tub rog ntawm Philippines. Puas tau txij li nws kev xaiv tsa hauv 2016, tsoomfwv Philippine tus thawj tswj hwm Rodrigo Duterte tau cim los ntawm ib tug kav ntawm ntshai uas tau tua ntau txhiab leej nyob rau hauv kev coj tus cwj pwm ntawm kev tawm tsam tshuaj tiv thaiv, suav nrog cov neeg sau xov xwm, cov thawj coj ua haujlwm, thiab cov neeg tawm tsam tib neeg.

12,000 tus neeg tuaj koom yuav tsum sib sau ua ke rau CANSEC caj npab ncaj ncees xyoo no, coj los ua ke kwv yees li 306 tus neeg tuaj koom, suav nrog cov tuam txhab riam phom, tub rog thev naus laus zis thiab cov tuam txhab muab khoom, xov xwm tshaj tawm, thiab tsoomfwv cov koom haum. 55 tus neeg sawv cev thoob ntiaj teb kuj tau teem sijhawm tuaj koom. Cov riam phom expo yog tsim los ntawm Canadian Association of Defense thiab Security Industries (CADSI), uas sawv cev rau ntau tshaj 900 Canadian tiv thaiv thiab kev ruaj ntseg tuam txhab.

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Ntau pua tus neeg saib xyuas hauv Ottawa sawv cev rau cov neeg muag khoom riam phom tsis yog tsuas yog sib tw rau kev cog lus tub rog, tab sis lobbying tsoomfwv los tsim txoj cai tseem ceeb kom haum rau cov cuab yeej tub rog uas lawv tab tom nrhiav. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, BAE, General Dynamics, L-3 Kev Sib Txuas Lus, Airbus, United Technologies thiab Raytheon txhua tus muaj chaw ua haujlwm hauv Ottawa los pab txhawb kev nkag mus rau tsoomfwv cov thawj coj, feem ntau ntawm lawv nyob hauv ob peb qhov thaiv los ntawm Parliament. CANSEC thiab nws tus thawj coj, ARMX, tau ntsib kev tawm tsam tsis txaus ntseeg rau ntau tshaj peb xyoo lawm. Thaum lub Plaub Hlis 1989, Ottawa City Council tau teb rau qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm caj npab ncaj ncees los ntawm kev pov npav kom tsis txhob ARMX caj npab qhia qhov chaw ntawm Lansdowne Park thiab lwm yam khoom hauv nroog. Lub Tsib Hlis 22, 1989, ntau dua 2,000 tus neeg taug kev los ntawm Confederation Park mus txog Bank Street los tawm tsam kev ncaj ncees ntawm caj npab ntawm Lansdowne Park. Hnub tom qab, Tuesday Lub Tsib Hlis 23, Lub Koom Haum rau Kev Ua Phem Tsis Ncaj Ncees tau teeb tsa kev tawm tsam loj uas 160 tus neeg raug ntes. ARMX tsis rov qab mus rau Ottawa kom txog rau thaum Lub Peb Hlis 1993 thaum nws tshwm sim ntawm Ottawa Congress Center nyob rau hauv lub npe rebranded Peacekeeping '93. Tom qab ntsib kev tawm tsam tseem ceeb ARMX tsis tshwm sim ntxiv txog thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2009 thaum nws tshwm sim thawj zaug CANSEC caj npab qhia, rov tuav ntawm Lansdowne Park, uas tau muag los ntawm lub nroog Ottawa mus rau Lub Nroog Thaj Chaw ntawm Ottawa-Carleton xyoo 1999.