Iyo Canada Pension Chirongwa iri kuuraya mukugadzirwa kwehondo

Musi waApril 14, The Guardian Zvinonzi iyo BAE Systems yakatengesa £ 15bn (ingangoita CAD $ 26.3 bhiriyoni) mumaoko nemaoko kumauto eSaudi mumakore mashanu apfuura.

Chinyorwa ichocho chinotora mazwi Andrew Smith weUK-based Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) uyo anoti, “Makore mashanu apfuura aona mhirizhonga ine hutsinye kuvanhu veYemen, asi kune BAE rave riri bhizinesi senguva dzose. Hondo yakangokwanisika nekuda kwemakambani ezvombo uye vanopindirana nehurumende vanoda kuitsigira.

Zvirongwa zvepension zvinoratidzawo kuita basa.

Iyo Ottawa-based Coalition yekupikisa Arms Trade (COAT) yakacherekedza kuti Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) yaive $ Miriyoni 9 invested in BAE Systems muna 2015 uye $ Miriyoni 33 muna 2017/18. Nekuremekedza iyo $ 9 mamirioni nhamba, World Beyond War ane akadaro, "Uku kudyara mari muUK BAE, hapana mune yekuUS subsidiary."

Huwandu uhu hunoratidzawo kuti CPPIB inishuwarenzi muBAE yakawedzera mushure meSaudi Arabia yakatanga kambani yavo kurwisa Yemen mukati March 2015.

The Guardian Anowedzera, "Zviuru zvevanhu vakaurayiwa kubvira pakatanga hondo yevagari muYemen munaKurume 2015 nekubhomba zvisina tsarukano nemubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neSaudi uyo unopihwa neBAE nevamwe vanogadzira zvombo vekuWestern. Vashandi veumambo vari kupomerwa mhosva yekukonzeresa vazhinji vevanhu zviuru gumi nemazana matanhatu vakaurayiwa pakurwisa. ”

Icho chinyorwa chinotizve, "Kutengeswa kwemaBritish mauto kuSaudi kwaigona kunge kwashandiswa muYemen kwakamiswa muzhizha ra2019 apo Dare redzimhosva rakatonga kuti munaJune 2019 kuti hapana ongororo yakaitwa nevashumiri kuona kana Saudi Arabia Mubatanidzwa wakatyora mutemo wenyika. "

Hazviite senge hurumende yeCanada kana iyo CPPIB yakaratidza zvakawanda pamutemo wepasi rose wekubatsira vanhu.

Muna Gumiguru 2018, Global News Zvinonzi kuti Gurukota rezvemari reCanada Bill Morneau akabvunzwa (nenhengo yeParamende Charlie Angus) nezve "kubata kweCPPIB mukambani yefodya, inogadzira zvombo zvemauto uye mafemu anomhanya mumajeri eAmerica."

Chinyorwa ichocho chinoti, "Morneau akapindura kuti maneja wepenjeni, anoona anodarika madhora mazana masere makumi matanhatu nematanhatu emadhora emidziyo yeCPP, anorarama kusvika kune 'tsika dzakakwirira nemabatiro.'”

Panguva imwechete iyoyo, mutauri weCanada Pension Plan Investment Board zvakare akapindura, "Chinangwa cheCPPIB ndechekutsvaga huwandu hwakawanda hwekudzoka pasina njodzi yekurasikirwa. Ichi chinangwa chimwe chete chinoreva kuti CPPIB haiongorore mari imwe neimwe zvichienderana nemagariro, zvechitendero, zvehupfumi kana ezvematongerwo enyika. "

Muna Kubvumbi 2019, nhengo yeParamende Alistair MacGregor akadaro kuti maererano nezvinyorwa zvakaburitswa muna 2018, "CPPIB inobatawo makumi emamirioni emadhora mumakondirakiti ekudzivirira seGeneral Dynamics naRaytheon…"

MacGregor anowedzera kuti muna Kukadzi 2019, akaunza "Yakasarudzika Nhengo Bill C-431 muImba yeCommon, iyo ichagadzirisa mitemo yekudyara, zviyero nemaitiro eCPPIB kuona kuti zvinoenderana netsika nemabatiro, vanhu, uye kodzero dzenharaunda. ”

Kutevera sarudzo yemuna Gumiguru 2019, MacGregor yakaunza bhiri zvakare muna Kukadzi 26 wegore rino sa Bhiri C-231. Kuona iyo vhidhiyo yemaminetsi maviri emutemo wakatsanangurwa uchiunzwa muImba, tapota tapota apa.

Sezvo isu tichishanda kuona kuti veruzhinji mapensheni anotendera vanhu kuenda pamudyandigere nerunyararo rwepfungwa, ngative nechokwadi chekuti hazvisi pamutengo werunyararo pasi pano.

Brent Patterson ndiye director director weRunyararo Brigades International-Canada. Unogona kumuwana ku @PBIcanada @CBrentPatterson. Shanduro yechinyorwa chino yakaonekwawo pane iyo PBI-Canada webhusaiti.

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