Te whakahē i te whakawhānui i te wheketere pahū a General Dynamics i Quebec

Na Montreal mo a World BEYOND War, Aperira 12, 2026

I te 19 o Poutū-te-rangi, nā Cym Gomery, te Kaiwhakahaere o Montreal World BEYOND War upoko, i tukuna ki ngā hui whakarongo a te kāwanatanga mō te taiao (BAPE, te poari arotake taiao o Quebec) e pā ana ki te whakawhānui i tētahi whare General Dynamics i Valleyfield Québec. Kia haere tonu ai tēnei whakawhānui, me whakaatu e te kaupapa he "manakohia pāpori" tōna. Ko Montréal mō te World BEYOND War Ko te whakaaturanga tētahi o ngā whakaaturanga maha i wero i a GD mō tā rātou whakawhānui ake e kore e "manakohia e te hapori" mō te whānuitanga o ngā take, tae atu ki te mea ko ngā rauemi i hangaia i tēnei whare e hono tika ana ki te kohuru tangata i Gaza.

Ko te wheketere i Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec kei te whakahaerehia e General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems – Canada (GD-OTS), he apiti nō te kamupene patu nui o Amerika, a General Dynamics, te ono o ngā kaihanga patu nui rawa atu o te ao. Ko GD-OTS Canada he kaihanga matā hōia, tae atu ki ngā propellants e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā mota, ngā matā tāke me ngā pū nui, me ētahi whare hanga i Quebec. Kei te whakamahere a GD-OTS ki te whakapau i te $682 miriona hei tāpiri i te 12 whare ki tōna puni 150-whare i Valleyfield, rite ki a BAPE. E ai ki te pūrongo a Te Mapere, ko te ope taua o Amerika te kaipupuri moni katoa mō te whakawhānui.

Mā te whakawhānui ake ka taea e GD-OTS te whakanui ake i tōna kaha ki te whakaputa i te M31A2, he pūkaha e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā pū nui taumaha. Ko te tipu o Valleyfield anake te kaiwhakarato o Amerika Te Raki o te pūkaha toru-turanga M31A2, ā, kei te whakatutuki i ngā kirimana maha hei whakaputa i tēnei pūkaha mā te US hei tuku ki ōna hoa whawhai, tae atu ki a Iharaira. Ka whakamahia tēnei pūkaha hei pupuhi i ngā rau mano o ngā anga pū 155mm kua whakatakotoria e Iharaira i roto i tana whakaekenga ki Gaza.

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E hiahia ana a General Dynamics à Valleyfield inc. (GDV) ki te whakahou ake me te whakawhānui ake i tana whare hanga pahū i Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

Ko te hiahia o te whare hanga he whakapiki i te whakaputanga ā-tau o te 2,722 miriona tāne metrika ki te neke atu i te 10,000 tāne metrika. Ko te utu mō te kaupapa he $682 miriona.

E whakaahua ana a GDV i tana kaupapa ko te "whakarato hua haumaru, auaha, pono hoki [arā, ngā mea pahū] hei āwhina i ngā hōia o Kanata, ngā hoa rangatira me ētahi atu kiritaki kia tino angitu ki te whakatutuki i ā rātou kaupapa."

I roto i tana whakaaturanga BAPE, e kī ana a GDV i ana mea pahū he "rauemi pūngao", heoi he mea nui kia mōhio ko te Komiti o te Ao mō te Ripeka Whero (ICRC) e whakamārama ana i ngā patu pahū he "mau patu e whakahohehia ana e te pahūtanga o tētahi matū pahū-nui, e hanga ana i te nuinga o te wā he pānga pahūtanga me te wehewehe, me ō rātou pūnaha tuku."

He maha ngā tāngata whenua e mate ana, e whara ana rānei i ēnei patu, e whakangaro ana i ngā hanganga, e whakakino ana hoki i te taiao. He maha ngā huarahi e whakatuma ana i te haumarutanga o te tangata me te ao whānui.

Hītori o ngā aituā i te wāhi o Valleyfield

Kia whai whakaaro tātou mō tētahi wā poto kei te whakaputa a GDV i tētahi hua morearea i tētahi whare hanga kua roa nei e mahi ana i ngā aituā.

• I te 26 o Ākuhata 1980, he pahūtanga i roto i tētahi whare whakamaroke "whakatere 280" i mate tonu ai ngā kaimahi tokorua, ā, i whara ētahi atu tokorua, ā, i mate tētahi o rātou i muri mai i ōna whara.
• I te tau 1983, i mate tetahi kaimahi i te haurangi matū.
• I te tau 1993, tokorua ngā kaimahi i mate i te pahūtanga i roto i tētahi whare whakamaroke.
• I te 29 o Mei 2020, i whakangaromia tētahi whare GDV i whakamahia hei whakahaere i te paura pahū e tētahi pahūtanga tūpono.
• 29 Oketopa 2024, he i pakaru te kaimahi mā runga i tētahi waka tereina i te papa mahi.

Te aromatawai a te GDV i ngā pānga taiao

Kua whakaae kē a GDV i roto i te wāhanga 5.2 o te Avis de projet ka whakapokea te oneone me te wai e te kaupapa i tōna wāhanga tuatahi, ka whakangaro hoki i te nohoanga kararehe. Kia tīmata te hanganga, e kī ana a GDV ka haere tonu ēnei pānga, ka kaha haere hoki, tae atu ki te parahanga haruru, te wiri, te puehu me te pikinga o te haere o ngā waka, tae atu ki te haere o ngā taputapu taumaha. Kia tīmata te hanga pahūtanga, e ai ki tā rātou, ka haere tonu te parahanga o te rangi me te whenua me te wai, ā, ka piki ake te haruru, te wiri me te haere o ngā taputapu taumaha. E whakaae ana a GDV ka puta he hau kati kōtuhi (GHG) mai i ēnei waka tāpiri katoa.

He wāhanga iti noa iho ēnei pānga kua whakaaetia e te GDV o te pānga whānui ki te taiao o tō rātou horapa.

Te pānga ki te taiao o ngā mea pahū 

Ehara te whakaaro kia whakawhānui ake i te hanga o ngā GDV i te mea māmā noa iho ina tae mai ki te taiao, nō reira kaua e mutu tā tātou whakaaro ki ngā aituā ki ngā rohe whenua o te whare hanga o GD Valleyfield. Ka tae atu ēnei pahūtanga ki ngā rohe pakanga. Ko te mea nui ko te kāwanatanga o Quebec kei te manaaki i tētahi whare hanga pahūtanga—he patu whakangaro nui, ā, ko tōna pānga ka nui atu i te taiao tata o te whare hanga.

I ngā wā o mua, he nui te huna mō te wāhi e tau ai ngā patu i hangaia e GDV, engari  te kaupapa hou o nāianei pūrongo nā te Arms Embargo Now coalition e whakarato ana i ngā taipitopito e whakaatu ana kei te tuku tika ngā kaihanga patu o Kanata, tae atu ki a General Dynamics, i ngā patu ki te kāwanatanga o Iharaira. A muri pūrongo e whakaatu ana ka rere ngā patu o Kanata ki Iharaira me ētahi atu wāhi e mahi ana i ngā hara pakanga, me te kore e whai i ngā tirotiro taiao, ngā tika tangata rānei, nā te mea he ara ture e whakakore ana i a rātou ina tukuna tuatahitia ki te Hononga o Amerika.

Engari, i te wā e waiho noa ana te whakamataku o ngā pahūtanga hei maharatanga, ka haere tonu ngā matenga mai i ngā pū kāore i pahū.

• Hei tauira, i te marama o Āperira 2024, i pūrongo te kāwanatanga o Iukereiniana, neke atu i te 1,000 ngā tāngata whenua i mate i ngā maina whenua me ētahi atu pū patu kāore anō kia pahū mai i te tīmatanga o te whakaekenga a Rūhia.
• E ai ki ngā rangahau i Cambodia, i pōmahia nuitia e te ope taua o Amerika i te pakanga o Vietnam (1955-1975), kei te kino tonu ngā pū kore-pahū ki te hua ahuwhenua i reira i ēnei rā, ā, e karo ana ngā kaipāmu i te whakamahi i ngā tarakihana me ētahi atu tikanga ahuwhenua ka taea te whakanui ake i te hua ahuwhenua.
• E whakaatu ana hoki ngā rangahau he pānga kino ngā toenga pahūtanga o te pakanga ki te kounga o te oneone. Ka taea e ngā poma me ngā maina whenua kāore anō kia pahū te turuturu i ngā konganuku taumaha me ngā para paitini ki roto i te oneone, ka poke ai te whenua me te wai.

Kei te pāngia te ao whānui e te kore kai—kua rite rānei te kāwanatanga o Québec ki te manaaki i ngā hekenga nui ka puta mai i te kore kai nā āna haumitanga ki ngā hua pēnei i ngā pahūtanga a General Dynamics, e whakaiti ana i te tuku kai o te ao?

He wāhanga te tangata o te taiao 

E whakaatu ana ngā raraunga i kohia e Action on Armed Violence e 90 ōrau o te hunga i mate, i whara hoki i ngā pahūtanga i ngā wāhi taupori he tāngata whenua. Ā, ka roa pea tēnei pūtake o te kino – i ētahi wā mō ngā tekau tau – nā te mea kāore ētahi patu pahū e pahū i te pānga tuatahi. Ka taea e ngā patu kore pahū (UXO) te pahū i muri i te mutunga o te pakanga, ka mate, ka whara hoki te whakatupuranga hou.

Te kino ki ngā hanganga me te taiao 

He mea hanga ēnei pahūtanga hei whakamahi, ā, ko te oranga ōhanga o te whare GDV e whakawhirinaki ana ki te pakanga me te kohuru tangata; nō reira me whakaaro tātou ki te oranga tangata, kararehe me ngā tipu ka whakangaromia e ngā hua GDV. Ngā whare, tae atu ki ngā hōhipera, ngā kura, ngā whare ka pahūtia mā te whakamahi i ngā rauemi i hangaia i te whare GDV. Ahakoa kāore i Québec ngā tāngata kua mate, ā, ka mate, me ngā kararehe, ngā whare me ngā hōhipera taiao kua whakangaromia, he mea utu nui tonu rātou, ā, he tika kia tiakina.

hanganga

Ko te kino e pā mai ana i ngā patu pahū ki ngā hanganga tangata ka whakararu i te hauora me te oranga o te tangata me ngā kararehe e noho ana i te rohe pakanga – ā, i ētahi wā kei tua atu i tēnā. E kitea ana i Ukraine, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, me Palestine, ko te whakamahinga o ngā patu pahū ka tapahia te urunga atu ki te wai ma, ka whakararu i ngā pūnaha para me ētahi atu hanganga nui, ka tukuna ngā rauemi me ngā paowa kino ki te taiao, ka whakararu i te whakarato maimoatanga hauora, ā, ka whai wāhi ki te pakarutanga mai o ngā mate hopuhopu.

Mā te whakamahinga o ngā patu pahū i roto i ngā tāone nui ka tukuna he maha o ngā matū paitini me ngā matū morearea mai i ngā wāhanga arumoni me ngā wāhanga ahumahi kua pakaru, ngā hanganga ratonga, ngā teihana whakakī hinu, ngā awheawhe, te rokiroki wahie, me ngā karāti. Ka hangaia e ngā pahūtanga he poke hau, ka pā kino ki te hauora o te tangata me te kararehe mā te pa atu, te manawa, te horomitanga rānei o ngā matū, o ngā oneone kua poke. Ka taea hoki e ngā poke pēnei i te mata, te chromium, ngā hinu wahie, ngā Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), me ngā matū polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) te mimiti mā roto i te oneone, ka heke ki te wai whenua o raro, ka rere ki ngā awaawa, ki ngā awa rānei.

Nature

He kino ngā pānga o ngā pakanga ā-pakanga ki te taiao, e whakamate ana i ngā tipu me ngā kararehe, e kino ana hoki ngā ngahere me ngā mara me ngā repo.

Kia mahara kei roto i te ture tangata o te ao te Ture Roma o te tau 1998, e kī ana he hara pakanga te whakakino whānui, roa, me te kino ki te taiao. 

Nga paanga o te rangi 

Ka pā kino, ka whakangaromia hoki te taiao e ngā patu pahū, ka puta ai ngā ahi mura me ngā waipuke. Ka nui ake te kino nā ngā pānga o te huringa āhuarangi – te pāmahana tino teitei me ngā awha nui.

He hononga tata tonu ngā pakanga me te huringa āhuarangi. Ka taea e te huringa āhuarangi te whakanui ake i te tūponotanga o ngā pakanga tutu mā te whakanui ake i te korenga o ngā rauemi me te nekenga whenua, ko te pakanga tonu ka tere ake te kino ki te taiao. • Ka tukuna ēnei pahūtanga ki tāwāhi, ā, ka whakanui ake ngā waka rererangi me ngā kaipuke e whakamahia ana i te GHG o te ao.

• Kāore ētahi o ēnei pū e pahū, ā, ka pahū pea ēnei pū kua whakarērea mēnā ka pā mai he ngaru wera. Hei tauira, e ono ngā wāhi putunga pū rerekē i pahū puta noa i Irāki i ngā raumati wera rawa i te tau 2018 me te tau 2019, i te wā i eke ai te pāmahana ki te 45°C. I whakapaetia ko ngā ngaru wera te take o tētahi pahūtanga rite tonu i Horano i te tau 2020.
• I tētahi atu tauira o te pānga o ngā poma ki te āhuarangi i muri i te mutunga o ngā pakanga, e whakaatu ana ngā pūrongo i pahū ngā ahi mura i ngā poma kāore anō kia pahū mai i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te marama o Ākuhata 2025 i North York Moors, UK.
• I Rīpia, i whakangaromia e te Āwhā Daniel ngā tāhuna e rua i te tau 2023, ā, i waipuketia ngā wāhanga nui o te tāone rawhiti o Derna. Nā te waipuke i nekehia ngā putunga patu me ngā matā kāore anō kia pahū, ā, i uaua ai ngā mahi whakaora.
• I te wā o ngā waipuke nui i Sudan ki te Tonga i te tau 2024, i whakamahia ngā tohunga pahū hei aromatawai mēnā he haumaru te whenua mō te nekehanga o te hunga i peia atu.

He torutoru noa iho ēnei tauira e whakaatu ana i te hononga o te umanga pakanga, te kino ki te taiao, te huringa āhuarangi, tae atu ki te ahuwhenua me te hekenga tangata.

Opaniraa 

Mā te whakawhānui ake i te hanga o te whare hanga General Dynamics i Valleyfield Québec, kei te whakanui ake te kāwanatanga o Québec i tana ake wāhi ki ngā pakanga o te ao, me ngā kino e pā ana ki ngā taupori tangata, te ahuwhenua, te huringa āhuarangi, ngā hanganga, ngā tipu me ngā kararehe. Ka tono mātou ki te kāwanatanga o Québec kia titiro ki tua atu i ōna ake rohe me ōna ake hua poto. Ki tā mātou whakaaro, mēnā ka whakamahia e te kāwanatanga he tirohanga matatika, he tirohanga whaiaro hoki ki te tono a General Dynamics, ka mōhio ia kāore e taea te wehe i te hauora me te oranga tonutanga o te taiao i tētahi wāhanga o te ao mai i tō tātou ake… he whakaaro kino noa iho te whakawhānui ake i tēnei whare hanga patu.