Wolemba Tamara Lorincz, Ogasiti 4, 2020
Omenyera ufulu wachuma ku Canada ayamba kusamukira kuti ayimitse boma la Liberal pansi pa Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kuti asawononge $ 19 biliyoni pa ma jets 88 omenyera ufulu watsopano. Lachisanu, Julayi 24, tinachita National Day of Action Menyani Mtendere Wachilengedwe, Palibe Nkhondo Zatsopano. Panali zochitika 22 m'dziko lonselo, tinayima kunja kwa maofesi amalo a mamembala athu a Nyumba Yamalamulo (MP) ndi zikwangwani ndipo tinapereka makalata. Dinani apa kuti muwone zithunzi ndi makanema kuyambira tsiku lochitapo kanthu.
Tsiku la Ntchito lidachitika sabata imodzi mipikisanoyi isanachitike chifukwa cha mpikisano wowombera ndege. Opanga zida zankhondo adapereka malingaliro awo ku boma la Canada Lachisanu, Julayi 31. Pampikisano ndi omenyera ufulu wa Lockheed Martin's F-35, Boeing's Super Hornet ndi SAAB's Gripen. Boma la Trudeau lisankha ndege yatsopano yankhondo kumayambiriro kwa 2022. Popeza ndege sizinasankhidwe ndipo mgwirizano sunasainidwe, tikukulimbikitsa kukakamiza boma la Canada kuti lisinthe mpikisanowu.
Tsiku la Ntchito lidatsogozedwa ku Canada Voice of Women for Peace, World BEYOND War ndi Peace Brigades International-Canada ndikuthandizidwa ndi magulu angapo amtendere. Zinakhudza anthu omwe ali m'misewu komanso njira yofalitsa nkhani yodziwitsa anthu za boma komanso ndale zokhudzana ndi kutsutsa kwathu boma kuti ikugula zida zankhondo zamphamvu za kaboni. Tinagwiritsa ntchito ma hashtags #NoNewFighterJets ndi #ClimatePeace kufotokoza momwe ma Jets awa amatetezera mtendere ndi chilungamo cha nyengo.
Pa gombe lakumadzulo, panali zochitika zinayi ku Briteni. Mu likulu lachigawo, a Victoria Peace Coalition awonetsa kunja kwa ofesi ya MP Democratic Party (NDP) a Laurel Collins. NDP imathandiza mokomera boma la fedulo kuti lipeze zida zankhondo zatsopano monga momwe akunenera Nsanja yosankhidwa ya 2019. NDP yapemphanso kuwonjezereka kwa ndalama zomwe azigwiritsa ntchito pomenya nkhondo ndi zida zina zamagulu ankhondo zitatulutsidwa Otetezeka Olimba mu 2017.
Ku Sidney, Dr. Jonathan Down adavala zidule zake ndikuyika chikwangwani “Mankhwala Osaphonya” pomwe amayimilira ndi ena World BEYOND War omenyera ufulu kunja kwaofesi ya Green Party MP Elizabeth May. Ngakhale Green Party yaku Canada ikutsutsana ndi F-35, sizinatuluke motsutsana ndi kugula kwa ndege yankhondo. M'malo mwake Nsanja yosankhidwa ya 2019, Green Party yati ikuthandizira "pulani yokhazikika yokhazikitsa ndalama ndi ndalama zokhazikika" kuti asitikali azikhala ndi zida zomwe angafunikire. Othandizira amafuna kuti Green Party ipereke mfundo zomveka bwino zotsutsana ndi kugula kwa aliyense ndege yankhondo.
Ku Vancouver, the Women International League ya Mtendere ndi Ufulu Canada anayimirira kutsogolo kwa ofesi ya Minister of Liberal MP wa Liberal Harjit Sajjan. Liberal Party imatsutsa kuti Canada ikufunika ndewu yankhondo kuti ikwaniritse malonjezo athu ku NATO ndi NORAD. M'kalata yawo kwa Nduna Yowona Zachitetezo, WILPF-Canada adalemba kuti ndalama ziyenera kupita ku pulogalamu yosamalira ana ndi mapulogalamu ena othandizira azimayi monga nyumba zotchipa kuti asamenye ndege. Ku Langley, World BEYOND War Mwana wina wogwirizira boma a Marilyn Konstapel alandila nkhani zabwino kwambiri ndi zomwe anachitila ena panja paofesi ya Conservative MP Tako Van Popta.
Pamapempherowo, a Regina Peace Council adachitapo kanthu kunja kwa ofesi ya MP Andrew Scheer, mtsogoleri wa Conservative Party, ku Saskatchewan. Purezidenti wa Council, Ed Lehman, adalembanso kalata kwa mkonzi wotsutsana ndi kugula kwa chitetezo mu Saskatoon Star Phoenix nyuzipepala. A Lehman adalemba, "Canada sifunikira ndege zolimbana; Tiyenera kusiya kumenya nkhondo ndi kuthetsa zipani za United Nations padziko lonse lapansi. ”
Pamene Conservative Party idayamba kulamulira kuyambira 2006 mpaka 2015, boma lotsogolera a Har Harper linafuna kugula 65 F-35s, koma silinathe kupitilira chifukwa cha mikangano pamitengo ndi mtundu womwe udalipo wogulitsawo. Ofesi ya Boma la Nyumba Yamalamulo idatulutsa lipoti lomwe lidatsutsa zomwe boma likuwononga pa F-35. Omenyera ufulu wadziko nawonso adayambitsa kampeni Palibe Omenyera Nkhondo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti boma lileke kugula. Liberal Party yamasiku ano ikufuna kugula ma jets omenyera nkhondo ambiri kuposa omwe Conservative Party idachita zaka khumi zapitazo.
Ku Manitoba, a Mtendere Alliance Winnipeg awonetsa ku ofesi ya MP waku Liberal Terry Duguid, Mlembi Wam Nyumba Yamalamulo ku Nduna Yowona Zachilengedwe komanso Kusintha Kwanyengo. Pokambirana ndi nyuzipepala yakumaloko, mpando wa mgwirizano wa a Glenn Michalchuk anafotokoza Jets yolimbana ndi mfuti imatulutsa mpweya wambiri komanso imathandizira ku vuto la nyengo, chifukwa chake Canada sangathe kugula izi ndikukwaniritsa cholinga chathu cha Paris.
Panali zochitika zingapo kuzungulira Chigawo cha Ontario. Muli likulu, mamembala a Ottawa Peace Council, Pacifi ndi Mabungwe Amtendere International-Canada (PBI-Canada) idapereka makalata ndikuwonetsa kunja kwa maofesi a Liberal MP David McGuinty, Liberal MP Catherine McKenna, ndi MP waku Liberal Anita Vandenbeld. Brent Patterson wa PBI-Canada adatsutsana mu blog positi zomwe zidagawidwa kuti ntchito zambiri zitha kupangidwa mwachuma chachilengedwe kuposa kumanga ma jets omenyera kafukufuku kuchokera Ndalama za Nkhondo Yachiwawa.
Ku Ottawa ndi Toronto, a Raging Grannies anakhazikika m'maofesi awo a MP ndipo adatulutsanso nyimbo yatsopano "Tichotseni pa Masewera a Jet. ” Pax Christi Toronto ndi World BEYOND War adachita msonkhano wokhala ndi zikwangwani zokongola, zopanga monga "Cool Jets Your, Support a Green New Deal m'malo" kunja kwa ofesi ya MP Liberal a Julie Dabrusin. Kutsogolo kwa nyumba ya Deputy Prime Minister & MP a Chrystia Freeland, panali gulu lalikulu lomwe linali ndi mamembala a Canadian Voice of Women for Peace ndi Chipani cha Chikomyunizimu cha Canada Marxist-Leninist (CPCML).
The Mgwirizano wa Hamilton Oletsa Nkhondo anali ndi mascot a furry pachiwonetsero chawo kunja kwaofesi ya Liberal MP Filomena Tassi ku Hamilton. Ken Stone adabweretsa galu wake wa Labrador Felix ndi chikwama kumbuyo "Sitikufuna majete omenyera nkhondo, tifunikira chilungamo nyengo." Gululi linayenda kenako Ken anakweza malankhulidwe kwa gulu lomwe linasonkhana.
Ku Collingwood, Pivot2Peace adayimba ndikuwonetsa kunja kwa ofesi ya Conservative MP Terry Dowdall. Mu kuyankhulana ndi atolankhani akumaloko, m'modzi mwa omenyera ufuluwo adati, "Pothana ndi mavuto omwe tili nawo pano, ndege zankhondo zilibe ntchito." Peterborough Peace Council idakumana kunja kwa ofesi ya MP Liberal Maryam Monsef yemwenso ndi Minister of Women & Gender Equality kuti amupemphe kuti "amenye nkhondo osati nkhondo." Jo Hayward-Haines wa Peterborough Peace Council adafalitsa a kalata Nyuzipepala ya komweko ikulimbikitsa a Monsef, omwe ndi aku Afghanistan komanso waku Canada ndipo amadziwa za zovuta za nkhondo, kuti aletse ndege zankhondo.
Othandizira ndi a Mtendere ndi Chikumbumtima Canada adalumikizana ndi mamembala ampingo wa Mennonite kuti akachite msonkhano kunja kwa ofesi ya MP waku Liberal a Raj Saini ku Kitchener ndi a Liberal MP a Bardish Chagger ku Waterloo. Adatenga zizindikiro zambiri ndi chikwangwani chachikulu “Demilitarize, Decarbonize. Lekani Nkhondo, Lekani Kutentha ”natulutsa timapepala. Magalimoto ambiri adathandizira.
Ku Montreal, Quebec, mamembala a Canadian Voice of Women for Peace ndi CPCML adaima panja pa ofesi ya MP Liberal Rachel Bendayan ku Outremont. Adalumikizidwa ndi mamembala a Bungwe Laku Canada Zakunja (CFPI). Woyang'anira CFPI Bianca Mugyenyi adasindikiza nkhani yayikulu mu The Tyee "Ayi, Canada Sikuyenera Kuwononga $ 19 Biliyoni pa Jet Fighters. ” Adadzudzula zakufa komanso zowononga zakale zomwe ndege zaku Canada zimenya nawo ku Serbia, Libya, Iraq ndi Syria.
Pa gombe lakummawa, mamembala a Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace adachita zionetsero kunja kwa Ofesi ya MP ya Liberal Andy Fillmore ku Halifax komanso ku ofesi ya MP Libren MP Darren Fischer ku Dartmouth. Amayiwo anali ndi chikwangwani chachikulu "Jets fights sangathe kulimbana ndi chiwerewere, kusankhana mitundu, umphawi, COVID 19, kusalingana, kuponderezana, kusowa pokhala, kusowa ntchito komanso kusintha kwanyengo." Akufuna demilitarization ndikusintha kwa mafakitale okhala mfuti mchigawochi kuti akhale chuma chosamalira. Kampani yophatikiza ndi Nova Scotia IMP Group ndi gawo la ntchito ya SAAB Gripen ndipo ikupempha boma kuti lisankhe ndege yankhondo yaku Sweden, motero itha kusakanikirana ndikuisunga ku hangar ya kampani ku Halifax.
Lockheed Martin ali ndi mawonekedwe akulu ku Canada okhala ndi maofesi ku Halifax ndi Ottawa. M'mwezi wa February, kampani idakhazikitsa zikwangwani zoimilira mabasi mozungulira nyumba yamalamulo likulu la dzikolo kuti lipeze phindu la ogwira ntchito awo osabisalira. Kuyambira 1997, boma la Canada lawononga ndalama zoposa $ 540 miliyoni USD kuti lichitepo kanthu mu mgwirizano wachitukuko wa F-35. Australia, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway ndi United Kingdom ali mgulu la mgwirizano ndipo agula kale ma sapulaya awa. Akatswiri ambiri odzitchinjiriza akuyembekeza kuti Canada izitsatira ogwirizana ake ndikusankha F-35. Izi ndi zomwe tikufuna kuyimitsa.
Tikukhulupirira kuti ndi kukakamira kokwanira kuti titha kukakamiza boma laling'ono la Trudeau lotsogozedwa ndi Liberal kuti libwezeretse kapena kuletsa kugula kwa ndege yankhondo. Kuti tichite bwino, timafunika kuyanjana komanso mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi. Tikuyesera kupeza thandizo ku magulu a zachilengedwe ndi gulu lachipembedzo. Tikukhalanso tikuyembekeza kuti kampeni yathu ibwereza kuwunikira kwambiri komanso kutsutsana kwakukulu pagulu pazankhondo ndi kuwononga ndalama pazankhondo ku Canada. Ndi World BEYOND War Chaka chamawa ku Ottawa, magulu amtendere aku Canada akuchita msonkhano waukulu wamtendere wapadziko lonse Wopatukana, Sewerani Ndi Kuwononga ndi chionetsero cha Manja a CanSEC akuwonetsa komwe tidzavutikira gulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale ndikupempha kuti kuthetsedwe kwa zida za ndege yankhondo. Tikukhulupirira kuti mudzakhala nafe ku likulu la Canada kuyambira pa June 1-6, 2021!
Kuti mudziwe zambiri za zathu Palibe Nkhondo Zatsopano kampeni, pitani ku Canadian Voice of Women tsamba la webu ndi kusaina wathu World BEYOND War pempho.
Tamara Lorincz ndi membala wa Canadian Voice of Women for Peace ndi a World BEYOND War Adivaizale Komiti.
