By Palibe Mgwirizano Wankhondo Yankhondo, April 10, 2021
(Kudutsa Canada) - Sabata ino, anthu aku Canada aku 100 okhudzidwa akugwira Mofulumira Kulimbana ndi Ndege Zankhondo kuyitanitsa boma la feduro kuti lisiye mpikisano wawo $ 19 biliyoni wa ndege zankhondo zatsopano 88. Maulonda pagulu komanso zikondwerero zounikira makandulo pa intaneti zizichitidwa m'mphepete mwa nyanja kuti zikutsutse izi.
Kusala kudya kwakonzedwa ndi No Fighter Jets Coalition, yomwe ili ndi magulu amtendere, chilungamo ndi magulu achipembedzo ku Canada. Okonza sakufuna kuti boma ligule ndege zatsopano zankhondo zodzinenera kuti ndizosafunikira, kuvulaza anthu komanso kukulitsa zovuta zanyengo. Mlongo Mary-Ellen Francoeur, membala wa Pax Christi Toronto, akufotokoza, "Ndikusala kudya posonyeza kuti sinditsutsa mtengo wamajeti." Dr. Brenda Martin, dokotala wabanja ku Langley, British Columbia akuyambitsa kusala kudya kwa milungu iwiri, akunena kuti "boma siliyenera kuyendetsa ndege zankhondo koma m'malo mwake liyenera kuthana ndi vuto lanyengo, kuthetsa kusowa pokhala ndikupereka madzi akumwa abwino m'magulu a Mitundu Yoyamba. ”
Kunja kwa ofesi ya Minister of Defense Harjit Sajjan ku Vancouver, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom ikhala ikuyembekezera kuyambira 10: 00 am-4: 00 pm Loweruka, Epulo 10 ndi Lamlungu, Epulo 11. Ku Langley, Dr. Brendan Martin, membala wa World Beyond War, azisala ndipo akuchita ziwonetsero pagulu kuyambira 9: 00-6: 00 pm ku Douglas Park Loweruka. Ku Halifax, a Kathrin Winkler, agogo aakazi komanso membala wa Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, akukonzekera mlonda wa ola limodzi ku Victoria Park 11:00 am Loweruka ndipo chikwangwani chikutsikira ku Citadel Hill nthawi ya 11:30 m'mawa Lamlungu. Okonzekera amafunsa kuti anthu abwere kumisonkhano yomwe ili mkati mwawo atavala maski ndikulemekeza kutalikirana ndi anzawo. Zochitika mwa iwo okha ku Ontario zachotsedwa chifukwa cha kutsekeka koma anthu kudera lonselo akusala kudya.
Padzakhala zochitika ziwiri zapagulu, zapaintaneti Loweruka, Epulo 10. Nthawi ya 10:00 m'mawa nthawi yakum'mawa, padzakhala msonkhano wazipembedzo zosiyanasiyana wopemphera komanso kulemba makalata komanso nthawi ya 7:00 pm. Nthawi yakum'mawa, padzakhala mwambo wa nyali. Lamlungu pa Epulo 11, mgwirizanowu ukupatsanso kalata yotseguka kwa Papa Francis kuti apemphe thandizo lake lauzimu pantchito yawo yoletsa boma la Trudeau kugula ndege zankhondo zatsopano. Papa Francis wapanga mtendere kukhala patsogolo paupapa wake. Zambiri pazakuchita izi ndikulembetsa zochitika zapaintaneti zitha kupezeka pa: nofighterjets.ca/fast
Zaka ziwiri zapitazo, boma la feduro lidakhazikitsa mpikisano wandege zankhondo zatsopano 88. Mwezi watha wa Julayi, omanga achitetezo adapereka zikalata zawo. Pa mpikisanowu pali a Boeing Super Hornet, a SAAB a Gripen ndi a Lockheed Martin a F-35 a m'badwo wachisanu. Boma la feduro lati lisankha mwayi wopambana koyambirira kwa 2022.
Mgwirizano wa No New Fighter Jets umati ndege zankhondo zatsopano sizisamala pamene boma likuyendetsa ndalama zokwana $ 268 biliyoni chifukwa cha mliriwu. Mgwirizanowu akuti ndalama zenizeni zapa ndege zankhondo zatsopanozi zitha kukhala pafupifupi $ 77 biliyoni mu lipoti lomwe lidatulutsidwa mu Marichi watha. Kusala kudya kumapangidwanso nthawi yofanana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Global Campaign Against Military Spending motsogozedwa ndi International Peace Bureau. Mutu wa chaka chino ndi "Kubweza Asitikali ndi Kuteteza Anthu ndi Dziko Lapansi."
Kusala kudya kwakonzedwa ndi No Fighter Jets Coalition, yomwe imaphatikizapo Canada Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), World Beyond War Canada (WBW), Peace Brigades International-Canada, Labor Against the Arms Trade (LAAT), Pax Christi Toronto, Ottawa Raring Grannies, Pivot 2 Peace, Regina Peace Council, Canada Peace Congress, Canada Friends Service Committee (Quaker), Opanga Mtendere Achikhristu Matimu Canada, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) Canada, OPIRG Brock, Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, Victoria Peace Coalition, Just Peace Advocates, Winnipeg Peace Alliance, Anti-Imperialist Alliance (AIA) Ottawa, ndi Canada Wachilendo Policy Institute pakati pa ena. M'miyezi isanu ndi inayi yapitayi, bungweli lakhazikitsa pempholi, masiku awiri achitapo ntchito, ma webusayiti ndi misonkhano yolemba.
BackgroundTsamba la webusayiti la "No New Fighter Jets": https://nofighterjets.ca/fast/
Kuti mumve zambiri komanso poyankhulana, lemberani:
Dr. Brendan Martin, World Beyond War: bemartin50@hotmail.com
Mlongo Mary-Ellen Francoeur, Pax Christi Toronto: sistermef@gmail.com
Kathrin Winkler, Nova Scotia Liwu la Akazi Amtendere: winkler.kathrin2@gmail.com
Rachel Small, Wokonza ku Canada, World Beyond War, rachel@worldbeyondwar.org
Tamara Lorincz, membala wa Canada Voice of Women for Peace foni: 226-505-9469 / imelo: tlorincz@dal.ca
