Olimbikitsa Mtendere Kuti Awonetsere Momwe Canada Akukonzekera Kugwiritsa Ntchito Mabiliyoni Pa Ndege Zankhondo Zatsopano

Wolemba Scott Coston, Okutobala 2, 2020

kuchokera Kubwezeretsanso Ndale

Mgwirizano wapakati pa omenyera ufulu wamtendere ku Canada udzafika pa Okutobala 2 Tsiku Lapadziko Lonse Lopanda Zachiwawa ndi chiwonetsero chofuna kuti boma liletse mapulani ake oti agwiritse ntchito $ 19 biliyoni pa ndege 88 zatsopano zankhondo.

"Tikuyembekeza kukhala ndi zochitika pafupifupi 50 ku Canada," a Emma McKay, omwe amakonza zida zankhondo ku Montreal omwe amagwiritsa ntchito maitanidwe awo, adauza Kubwezeretsanso Ndale.

Zambiri zizichitika panja, pomwe mitengo yofalitsa ya Covid-19 ndiyotsika, adatero. Okonzekera akulangiza ophunzira kuvala maski ndikulemekeza malangizo owonongera anthu.

Ziwonetserozi, zomwe zakonzedwa mchigawo chilichonse, ziphatikizira misonkhano kunja kwa maofesi a aphungu.

Magulu omwe akutenga nawo mbali akuphatikizapo Canada Voice of Women for Peace, World BEYOND War, Peace Brigades International - Canada, Conscience Canada, Labor Against the Arms Trade, Canadian Peace Congress, Canada Foreign Policy Institute, ndi Canada BDS Coalition.

A McKay amakhulupirira kuti zomwe boma lakonza kuti zitheke ndizokhudza kukondweretsa mabungwe aku NATO aku Canada kuposa kupangitsa dzikolo kukhala lotetezeka.

"Maiko amphamvu akumadzulo awa amagwiritsa ntchito zida zapamwamba, ngakhale kuwopseza zida zapamwamba, kuopseza ndikupha anthu mulu wonse wamayiko ena, kuphatikiza ku Middle East ndi North Africa," adatero.

Palinso ndalama zambiri zachilengedwe zakuwombera ndege zankhondo zankhondo "zopanda ntchito", McKay adatero. "Kungogula 88 zokha kungatithandizire kupitirira malire athu kuti tikwaniritse nyengo yathu."

M'malo motaya mabiliyoni ambiri pazida zatsopano zankhondo, McKay adati akufuna kuwona boma likugulitsa zinthu monga mankhwala apadziko lonse lapansi, kusamalira ana konsekonse, komanso nyumba zotsika mtengo kwa aliyense ku Canada.

Mu imelo kupita Kubwezeretsanso NdaleMneneri wa Unduna wa Zachitetezo a Floriane Bonneville adalemba kuti: "Boma la Canada likufuna kupeza gulu lankhondo lankhondo lamtsogolo, monga momwe adalonjezera mu 'Strong, Safe, Engaged,' likuyenda bwino.

"Kugula izi kuwonetsetsa kuti azimayi ndi abambo a Gulu Lankhondo Laku Canada ali ndi zida zofunikira kuti achite ntchito zofunika zomwe timawapempha: kuteteza ndi kuteteza anthu aku Canada ndikuwonetsetsa kuti dziko la Canada likulamulira.

"Tili odzipereka pantchito yathu yokhazikitsa mtendere padziko lapansi ndipo tikugwirizana kwathunthu ndi [UN] Tsiku Ladziko Lonse Lopanda Zachiwawa," adalemba.

"Boma lathu lili ndi zinthu zambiri zofunika kuzichita, kuphatikiza kulimbana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, kuteteza anthu aku Canada, ndikugwira ntchito ndi omwe timagwirizana nawo pomenyera ufulu komanso dziko lamtendere, lolemera," adapitiliza Bonneville.

"Kuphatikiza apo, monga zikuwonetsedwa m'mawu olankhula pampando wachifumu, ndife odzipereka kupitiliza zomwe tidayang'ana mu 2030 Paris Target ndikukhazikitsa Canada panjira yotulutsa zero zero pofika 2050."

Public Services and Procurement Canada yalengeza Julayi 31 kuti malingaliro amilandu alandiridwa kuchokera ku zimphona zaku America zodzitchinjiriza ndi chitetezo Lockheed Martin ndi Boeing, komanso kampani yaku Sweden Saab AB.

Boma likuyembekeza kuti ma jets atsopanowa ayamba kugwira ntchito mu 2025, pang'onopang'ono m'malo mwa okalamba a Royal Canada Air Force CF-18s.

Pomwe cholinga chachikulu cha ziwonetserozi ndikuletsa pulogalamu yomenyera ndege yankhondo, palinso zolinga zina zofunika.

McKay, wazaka 26, akuyembekeza kupangitsa anthu azaka zawo kulowa nawo gulu lankhondo.

"Monga m'modzi mwa mamembala achichepere kwambiri amgwirizanowu, ndikudziwa kuti ndikofunikadi kubweretsa achinyamata," adatero. "Zomwe ndapeza ndikuti achinyamata ambiri sakudziwa njira zosiyanasiyana zomwe boma likuyesera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama pazida."

McKay ikufunanso kulumikizana kwambiri ndi omenyera ufulu wawo monga Black Lives Matter, chilungamo chanyengo ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe.

"Ndikukhulupirira kuti kupanga maubale amenewa kutithandizane kuti tigwirizane za njira," adatero. "Chinthu chimodzi chomwe tiyenera kulingalira mozama kwambiri ndi momwe tithandizire."

Kubwezeretsa mbiri yaku Canada ngati wolondera mtendere kudzathandiza omenyera ufulu pomanga milatho iyi, adatero McKay.

"Zomwe ndingakonde kuti anthu ayambe kuganizira si dziko ngati Canada kugwiritsa ntchito zida kuti apange mtendere, koma dziko ngati Canada likupanga njira zopanda chiwawa zotetezera miyoyo yotetezeka ndi yotetezeka kwa aliyense padziko lapansi," adatero. .

Tsiku Lopanda Zachiwawa Padziko Lonse, lomwe limachitika patsiku lokumbukira kubadwa kwa Mahatma Ghandi, linakhazikitsidwa ndi msonkhano waukulu wa United Nations mchaka cha 2007 ngati mwayi wolimbirana "chikhalidwe chamtendere, kulolerana, kumvetsetsa komanso kusachita ziwawa."

Scott Costen ndi mtolankhani waku Canada wokhala ku East Hants, Nova Scotia. Tsatirani pa Twitter @ScottCosten.