Canada Pension Plan ikupanga kupha anthu pa nkhondo

Pa April 14, The Guardian inanena kuti BAE Systems idagulitsa £15bn (pafupifupi CAD $26.3 biliyoni) m'zankhondo ndi ntchito kwa asitikali aku Saudi pazaka zisanu zapitazi.

Nkhaniyi ikugwira mawu a Andrew Smith a ku UK-based Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) yemwe akuti, "Zaka zisanu zapitazi zakhala zikukumana ndi vuto lankhanza lothandizira anthu aku Yemen, koma kwa BAE zakhala zikuchitika nthawi zonse. Nkhondoyi yatheka chifukwa cha makampani opanga zida zankhondo komanso maboma omwe ali okonzeka kuthandizira. "

Mapulani a penshoni akuwoneka kuti akugwiranso ntchito.

Coartition yochokera ku Ottawa Yotsutsa Arms Trade (COAT) yaona kuti Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) inali $ Miliyoni 9 wogulitsa mu BAE Systems mu 2015 ndi $ Miliyoni 33 mu 2017/18. Ponena za chiwerengero cha $ 9 miliyoni, World Beyond War ali adatchulidwa, "Uku ndi ndalama ku UK BAE, palibe m'mabungwe ang'onoang'ono aku US."

Manambalawa akuwonetsanso kuti ndalama za CPPIB ku BAE zidachulukanso pambuyo pomwe Saudi Arabia idayamba kuyendetsa ndege yake motsutsana ndi Yemen March 2015.

The Guardian akuwonjezera kuti, "Zikwizikwi za anthu wamba aphedwa kuyambira pomwe nkhondo yapachiweniweni ku Yemen idayamba mu Marichi 2015 ndikuphulitsa mabomba mosasankha ndi mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi womwe umaperekedwa ndi BAE ndi ena opanga zida za Kumadzulo. Gulu lankhondo lankhondo la ufumuwo likuimbidwa mlandu wochititsa ambiri mwa anthu 12,600 omwe adaphedwa paziwopsezo zomwe zidachitika. "

Nkhaniyo ikufotokozanso kuti, "Kutumiza zida zankhondo zaku Britain kupita ku Saudi zomwe zikanatha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ku Yemen kudayimitsidwa m'chilimwe cha 2019 pomwe Khothi Lachilamulo lidagamula kuti mu June 2019 kuti palibe zowunikira zomwe a minister adaziwona ngati Saudi bungwe lamilandu lidachita kuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. ”

Sizikuwoneka kuti boma la Canada kapena CPPIB yawonetsanso zambiri pamalamulo opereka chithandizo padziko lonse lapansi.

Mu Okutobala 2018, Global News inanena kuti Nduna ya Zachuma ku Canada a Bill Morneau adafunsidwa (ndi membala wa Nyumba Yamalamulo a Charlie Angus) za "CPPIB yomwe ili m'kampani yafodya, yopanga zida zankhondo ndi makampani omwe amayendetsa ndende zaku America."

Nkhaniyo ikuti, "Morneau adayankha kuti woyang'anira penshoni, yemwe amayang'anira ndalama zonse za CPP zokwana $366 biliyoni, amakhala ndi 'mikhalidwe yapamwamba kwambiri.'

Nthawi yomweyo, mneneli wa Canada Pension Plan Investment Board komanso Anayankha, "Cholinga cha CPPIB ndikufunafuna njira yabwino yobwererera popanda ngozi yotayika. Cholinga ichi chokha chikutanthauza kuti CPPIB siziwunikira momwe munthu angakhalire payekhapayekha, chipembedzo, chuma kapena ndale. ”

Mu Epulo 2019, Membala wa Nyumba Yamalamulo Alistair MacGregor adatchulidwa kuti malinga ndi zikalata zomwe zidasindikizidwa mu 2018, "CPPIB ilinso ndi madola mamiliyoni ambiri m'makontrakitala achitetezo monga General Dynamics ndi Raytheon ..."

MacGregor akuwonjezera kuti mu February 2019, adayambitsa "Bili Yachinsinsi ya Membala C-431 ku House of Commons, yomwe idzasinthe ndondomeko zoyendetsera ndalama, ndondomeko ndi ndondomeko za CPPIB kuti zitsimikizire kuti zikugwirizana ndi makhalidwe abwino ndi ntchito, anthu, ndi mfundo za ufulu wa chilengedwe.”

Kutsatira chisankho cha feduro cha Okutobala 2019, MacGregor adabweretsanso biluyo pa February 26 chaka chino ngati. Mtengo C-231. Kuti muwone vidiyo ya mphindi ziwiri ya malamulo omwe akhazikitsidwa akukhazikitsidwa mu Nyumbayi, chonde dinani apa.

Pamene tikuyesetsa kuonetsetsa kuti ndalama za penshoni zilola kuti anthu apume pantchito ali ndi mtendere wamumtima, tiyeni titsimikizire kuti zimenezi sizingawononge mtendere padziko lapansi.

Brent Patterson ndi mkulu wa bungwe la Peace Brigades International-Canada. Mutha kumupeza @PBIcanada @CBrentPatterson. Mtundu wa nkhaniyi udawonekeranso pa Webusaiti ya PBI-Canada.

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