Kodi Mdani Ndani? Kubwezeredwa Militarism Ndi Ma Fund Fund Amtengo Wapatali Ku Canada

Wolemba Dr. Saul Arbess, Cofounder ndi membala wa Board, Canada Peace Initiative, Novembala 8, 2020

Pomwe dziko la Canada likuganizira za dziko la COVID lomwe lakhalapo pambuyo pake komanso nzika kulikonse zikuganizira za kubweza apolisi ankhondo, tiyeneranso kuganizira za ndalama zaku Canada zomwe zakula kuchokera $ 18.9 Biliyoni mu 2016-17, mpaka $ 32.7B ku 2019-20. Pansi pa mfundo zachitetezo ku Canada ku 2017, boma liziwononga $ 553 biliyoni podziteteza kudziko mzaka makumi awiri zikubwerazi. Ndalama zazikulu zogulira zinthu ndi izi: ma jets akumenyera 88 F-35; Canada Surface Combatant Project ndi Joint Support Ship Project; zombo ziwiri zogulitsa, zomwe zikuwunikiridwa; ndi zida zoponya ndi ndege zake za CF 118. Ziwerengerozi sizikuphatikiza ntchito zankhondo - mwachitsanzo, ndalama zomwe $ 18B zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pomenya nkhondo yopanda pake ku Afghanistan, komwe sitinasunthireko kuchotsera a Taliban.

Tiyenera kudziwa kuti kapangidwe katsopano ka zida zapamadzi zikuphatikiza kutenga nawo mbali mu Ballistic Missile Defense, yomwe ikuyamba kupangitsa Canada kuchita izi mosavomerezeka. Mu Juni 2019, Nyumba Yamalamulo Yanyumba Yamalamulo idalemba kuyerekezera mtengo kwa zombo zatsopanozi, polosera kuti pulogalamuyo idzawononga pafupifupi $ 70 biliyoni mzaka zapitazi - $ 8 biliyoni kuposa momwe amalingalira kale. Zolemba zaboma zamkati, mu 2016, zimawerengetsa ndalama zonse zogwirira ntchito, pa moyo wonse wa pulogalamuyi, zopitilira $ 104B. Mabizinesi onsewa ndi omenyera nkhondo yomaliza. Tiyenera kufunsa: kodi mdani wathu yemwe tikulimbana naye mwamphamvu ndi ndalama zazikulu bwanji? 

Pa Juni 11, 2020, nyuzipepala yaku Canada idanenanso kuti Wachiwiri kwa Unduna wa Zachitetezo, a Jody Thomas, adati sanalandire chilichonse kuchokera kuboma kuti ikufuna kuchepetsa ndalama zowonongera ndalama zankhondo, ngakhale kuchepa kwa boma komanso kufunika kofunikira kukonzekera kudzagwiranso ntchito ku COVID-19 ku Canada. M'malo mwake, adanenanso kuti: "... oyang'anira akupitiliza kugwira ntchito yogula zombo zatsopano zankhondo, ndege zankhondo ndi zida zina." 

Siyanitsani izi ndi ndalama zaboma zomwe zatsala pang'ono kusintha pakuchepetsa nyengo ndi chilengedwe, pafupifupi $ 1.8B pachaka. Izi ndizochepa zomvetsa chisoni, tikaganizira zovuta zomwe tikukumana nazo, poganiza kuti padzakhala funde limodzi lokha la mliri wapano. Canada ikufunika kutembenukira ku chuma chobiriwira, kutalikirako mafuta ndi zinthu zakale, kuti pakhale kusintha koyenera komanso kuphunzitsanso anthu omwe achoka kwawo ntchito. Pakufunika ndalama zapadera mu chuma chatsopano kuti zithandizire pakuchepetsa kusintha kwanyengo, kukhazikika kwachilengedwe ndi chilungamo chachitukuko, zomwe zipindulira anthu onse aku Canada. Sitikusowa ndalama zochulukirapo pazinthu zomwe sizingathe kuwombolera pokonzekera nkhondo.

Kodi ndalama zandalama izi zichokera kuti? Mwakusintha ndalama zambiri zomwe asirikali ankagwiritsa ntchito pazinthu zofunika izi. Asitikali aku Canada akuyenera kuchepetsedwa kufika pamlingo wokwanira kuteteza ulamuliro wathu, koma osakhoza kuchita zankhondo kumayiko akunja, monga mishoni zokayikitsa za NATO padziko lonse lapansi. M'malo mwake, Canada iyenera kutsogolera pochirikiza bungwe la UN Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS), bungwe lodziyimira la UN la 14-15000 ogwira ntchito odzipereka kuti apewe mikangano ndi kuteteza anthu wamba. Gulu Lankhondo Laku Canada liyeneranso kukulitsa kutenga nawo gawo pantchito zamtendere za UN zomwe zatsika pang'ono ndi anthu ochepa.

UNEPS ikhoza kuchepetsa kwambiri kufunikira kwathu kwa gulu lankhondo lomwe silitha kudziteteza. M'malo mwake, udindo wathu uyenera kukhala ngati mphamvu yapakatikati yopanda ndewu yofuna kuthetsa mikangano mosagwirizana. Titha kukhala ndi gulu lankhondo lomwe lakhala likuchulukirachulukira ndikulimbana ndi adani omwe sanakonzekere, kapena kuchira bwino pambuyo pa COVID komwe kumapangitsa kuti anthu athu akhale ndi moyo wabwino. Sitingakwanitse zonse ziwiri.