Wolemba Maya Garfinkel, World BEYOND War, October 28, 2022
Canada - M'mwezi wonse wa Okutobala, omenyera ufulu ambiri adawonekera m'dziko lonselo pamwambowu Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investments misonkhano ya anthu onse kawiri pachaka. Othandizira mu aosachepera mizinda isanu ndi umodzi (Vancouver, London, Halifax, St. Johns, Regina, ndi Winnipeg) Anati ndalama za Canada Pension Plan kwa opanga zida zankhondo, mafuta oyaka, ndi makampani omwe amagwirizana ndi kuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi amawononga tsogolo lathu, m'malo moliteteza.
Kutsutsa kwa Ndalama zopanda chilungamo za CPP unali mutu waukulu wa misonkhano ya okhudzidwa m'dziko lonselo. CPP ili ndi $ 21.72 biliyoni yoperekedwa kwa opanga mafuta opangira mafuta okha komanso $ 870 miliyoni kwa ogulitsa zida zapadziko lonse lapansi. Izi zikuphatikiza $ 76 miliyoni omwe adayikidwa ku Lockheed Martin, $ 38 miliyoni ku Northrop Grumman, ndi $ 70 miliyoni ku Boeing. Pofika pa Marichi 31, 2022, CPPIB inali ndi $ 524 miliyoni yomwe idayikapo ndalama m'makampani 11 mwa 112 omwe adalembedwa mu UN Database ngati akugwirizana ndi kuphwanya malamulo a Israeli.
Opezekapo okhudzidwa ndi mabizinesi a CPPIB ndiwo adatsogolera misonkhano. Komabe, adalandira ndemanga zochepa kuchokera kwa utsogoleri wa CPP pazovuta zawo. Poyankha mafunso, Michel Leduc, Woyang'anira wamkulu wa CPPIB, adati "kuchita nawo gawo" ndikothandiza kwambiri kuposa kubweza ndalama, koma adapereka umboni wochepa wotsimikizira mawuwa.
Ku Vancouver, malo oyamba aulendowu, mfundo idanenedwa kuti anthu aku Canada ali ndi nkhawa kwambiri kuti thumba la penshoni silikuyikidwa mwachilungamo. "Zowonadi, CPPIB imatha kubweza ndalama zabwino popanda kuyika ndalama m'makampani omwe amapereka ndalama. kupha anthu, kulandidwa mosaloledwa kwa Palestine,” atero a Kathy Copps, mphunzitsi wopuma pantchito komanso membala wa BDS Vancouver Coast Salish Territories. "Ndi zamanyazi kuti CPPIB imangoona kuteteza ndalama zomwe timagulitsa komanso kunyalanyaza zovuta zomwe tikukumana nazo padziko lonse lapansi," a Copps adapitilizabe. “Mudzayankha liti kwa March 2021 kalata yosainidwa ndi mabungwe opitilira 70 ndi anthu 5,600 akulimbikitsa CPPIB kuti ichoke kumakampani omwe adalembedwa m'nkhokwe ya UN kuti akhudzidwa ndi milandu yankhondo yaku Israeli?
Pomwe CPPIB imati idadzipereka ku "zokomera opereka ndi opindula ndi CPP”, kwenikweni ndi wosagwirizana kwambiri ndi anthu ndipo imagwira ntchito ngati bungwe lazamalonda lomwe lili ndi ntchito zamalonda, zogulitsa ndalama zokha. "Ngakhale zaka zambiri zakhala zopempha, zochita, komanso kupezeka kwa anthu pamisonkhano yapagulu ya CPPIB yomwe imachitika kawiri pachaka, pakhala kusowa kwamphamvu kwapatsogolo pakusintha kwazachuma zomwe zimayika ndalama zomwe zimapindulitsa kwambiri kwanthawi yayitali potukula dziko lapansi m'malo mothandizira pazachuma. chiwonongeko chake,” anatero Karen Rodman wa Just Peace Advocates.
Lachiwiri, Novembara 1st kuyambira 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET, CPPIB ikuchititsa Msonkhano wa National Virtual zomwe zikuwonetsa kutha kwa misonkhano yapagulu ya 2022 CPPB. Anthu angathe Lembani apa.
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