Ndiani Muvengi? Dhivhiti Militarism Uye Fund Institutions Ezevanhu Kukosha muCanada

NaDr.Saul Arbess, Cofounder uye Nhengo yeBhodi, Canada Peace Initiative, Mbudzi 8, 2020

Sezvo Canada ichifungisisa yepashure-COVID yepasi uye vagari kwese kwese vari kufunga nezvenyaya yekudzosa mapurisa ane chiuto, isu tinofanirwa zvakare kutarisa pamabhadharo emauto eCanada ayo akawedzera kubva pamadhora mabhiriyoni gumi nemasere kubva muna18.9-2016, kusvika pamadhora makumi manomwe nemasere emadhora muna17-32.7. Pasi pemutemo wekudzivirira weCanada wa2019, hurumende yemubatanidzwa ichange ichishandisa madhora zviuru makumi mashanu nezvishanu kuzvidziviriro yenyika mumakore makumi maviri anotevera. Mari hombe yekutenga ndeye: 20 F-2017 jets yekurwa; yeCanada Surface Inopesana nePurojekiti uye Joint Support Ship Project; ngarava mbiri dzekugovera, izvozvi zviri pasi pekuwongorora dhizaini; uye zvombo zvinokomberedzwa zveCF 553 yendege jets. Iyi fungidziro haisanganisi mamishini emauto - semuenzaniso, mari inosvika madhora gumi nemasere emadhora yakashandiswa muchinangwa chekurwisa chisina maturo muAfghanistan, uko kwatisina kana kutamisa dhaya rekubvisa maTaliban.

Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti iyo nyowani yemauto frigate dhizaini inosanganisira kugona kutora chikamu muBallistic Missile Defense, iyo inotanga kuita Canada kune ino isingagumi inodhura nzira isina kuvharwa. Muna Chikumi 2019, Hofisi yeParamende yeBudget yakanyora ongororo yemutengo yezvikepe zvitsva, ichifungidzira kuti chirongwa ichi chinodhura madhora makumi manomwe emamiriyoni emakore anotevera - mazana masere emadhora emadhora kupfuura fungidziro yayo yapfuura. Zvinyorwa zvehurumende zvemukati, muna70, zvakafungidzira huwandu hwekushandisa, pamusoro pehupenyu hwepurogiramu, inodarika $ 8B. Zvese izvi zvekudyara ndezvekumusoro-kumagumo ehondo kurwa. Tinofanira kubvunza: ndiani muvengi watiri kurwisana naye nehasha nemitengo mikuru iyi? 

Musi waChikumi 11, 2020, veCanada Press vakataura kuti Dhipatimendi reDziviriro, Mutevedzeri wegurukota, Jody Thomas, akataura kuti haana kugamuchira chiratidzo kubva kuhurumende yemubatanidzwa kuti inoda kudzikisa mari yakawandisa yekushandisa muchiuto, kunyangwe paine kukanganiswa kwemubatanidzwa uye kudiwa kwakanyanya. kugadzirira iyo posvo COVID-19 kupora muCanada. Nekudaro, akataridza kuti: "… vakuru vari kuenderera mberi nekushanda pakutenga kwakarongwa kwezvikepe zvehondo zvitsva, jeti dzevarwi uye zvimwe zvigadzirwa." 

Enzanisa izvi neinenge yakatsetseka-yakarongedzwa mari yehurumende mukushanduka kwekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze uye nharaunda, panosvika madhora 1.8B gore rega. Izvi zvidiki zvinonzwisa tsitsi, kana tichifunga nezvematambudziko atinotarisana nawo, tichifungidzira kuti kuchangove nefungu rimwe chete redenda razvino. Canada inoda shanduko kuenda kuhupfumi hwakasvibirira, kure nefossil kugadzirwa kwemafuta, kusanganisira shanduko yakanaka uye kudzidzisazve kwevashandi vakatiza. Iko kune kudikanwa kwekudyara kunoshamisa muupfumi hutsva kugonesa kufamba kunodzora shanduko yemamiriro ekunze, kuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza uye kururamisira munharaunda, izvo zvichabatsira vese maCanada. Hatidi kuwedzerwa kudyara muzvinhu zvisina rudzikinuro rwemagariro nekugara uchigadzirira hondo.

Mari dzekudyara idzodzo dzinobva kupi? Nekushandura yakakura mari inofungidzirwa yemauto kuita aya akakosha mabasa. Mauto eCanada anofanirwa kudzikiswa kusvika padanho rakakwana kuchengetedza hutongi hwedu, asi asingakwanise kuita seanorwisa mhiri kwemakungwa, senge misangano yeNATO isinganetseke kutenderera pasirese. Pane kudaro, Canada inofanirwa kutungamira mukutsigira chirongwa chakarongwa cheUN Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS), chimiro chakamira cheUN chevane 14-15000 vanozvipira vakagadzirirwa kudzivirira kunetsana uye kuchengetedza vanhuwo zvavo. Mauto eCanada anofanirwa zvakare kuwedzera zvakanyanya kutora chikamu kwavo mukuita runyararo kweUN kwakadzikira padyo nevashandi ve zero.

UNEPS inogona kudzora zvakanyanya kudiwa kwedu kweuto renyika kupfuura kuzvidzivirira. Asi, chinzvimbo chedu chinofanirwa kunge sesimba risingarwisane pakati rekutsvaga kutaurirana kusagadzikana kwekukonana. Tinogona kuve neuto rakaputika pamwe nekuwedzera kurwisa-kwakagadzirira kurwisa vavengi vasina kugadzikana, kana kubudirira kupora-COVID kupora kunosimudzira hupenyu hwehupenyu nemaitiro akasimba kuvanhu vedu. Hatikwanise kuwana zvese zviri zviviri.