Ngu-Brent Patterson, Epreli 14, 2020
ukusuka I-Bureau yoXolo yaMazwe ngaMazwe-Canada
Nge-14 ka-Epreli, i-Guardian umbiko ukuba iiNkqubo zeBAE zithengise i- £ 15bn ezingalweni nakwiinkonzo zomkhosi waseSaudi kwisithuba seminyaka emihlanu phakathi ko-2015 no-2019.
I-15 yezigidigidi zeedola imalunga ne-CAD $ 26.3 yezigidigidi.
Inqaku elo licaphula u-Andrew Smith we-UK-based Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) othi, “Kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo ndibone imeko enzima yabantu baseYemen, kodwa kwiBAE ibe lishishini njengesiqhelo. Imfazwe yenzeke kuphela ngenxa yeenkampani ezenza izixhobo kunye noorhulumente abazimiseleyo ukuyixhasa. ”
Umanyano osekwe kwi-Ottawa ukuchasana noRhwebo lweArms (COAT) uqaphele ukuba iBhodi yaseCanada yePension Investment Board (CPPIB) yayine $ 9 yezigidi notyalo-mali kwiiNkqubo ze-BAE ngo-2015 kunye $ 33 yezigidi ngowama-2017/18. Ngokubhekisele kwi-9 yezigidi zeedola, World Beyond War Unayo phawula, "Olu lutyalo-mali kwi-BAE yase-UK, akukho nanye kwinkxaso-mali yase-US."
La manani akwabonisa ukuba utyalomali lwe-CPPIB kwi-BAE lenyuke emva kokuba iSaudi Arabia iqalile ukumelana ne-Yemen kuyo Matshi 2015.
U-Guardian wongeza athi, “Amawakawaka abantu aye abulawa okoko kwaqala imfazwe yase-Yemen ngo-Matshi 2015 ngoqhushumbo olungakhethiyo ngumdibaniso okhokelwa yi-Saudi Arabia onikezelwa yi-BAE kunye nabanye abenzi beengalo zaseNtshona. Umbutho wezomkhosi wobukumkani utyholwa ngokubekek 'ityala kwabaninzi abangama-12,600 XNUMX ababuleweyo kuhlaselo ekujoliswe kulo. ”
Inqaku lelo likwaqaqambisa, "Ukuthunyelwa kweengalo zaseBritane eSaudi ezinokusetyenziswa eYemen kumiswe ngehlobo lowe-2019 xa iNkundla yeziBheno yagweba ukuba ngoJuni 2019 ukuba akukho vavanyo lusemthethweni lwenziwe ngabaphathiswa ukubona ukuba iSaudi umanyano olwelelanayo lwaphule umthetho welizwe jikelele wokunceda abantu. ”
"Urhulumente wase-UK ubhenele kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo ukuba isigwebo sichithwe, kodwa isigwebo seNkundla yeziBheno sihlala sisebenza de inkundla ephezulu yase-UK igqibe uphononongo lwelo tyala liphezulu."
Ngo-Okthobha ka-2018, iindaba zeHlabathi umbiko ukuba umphathiswa wezezimali waseCanada uBill Morneau ubuzwe malunga "nokubanjwa kwe-CPPIB kwinkampani yecuba, umenzi wezixhobo zomkhosi kunye neefemu eziqhuba iintolongo zabucala zaseMelika."
Inqaku longeze ngelithi, "uMorneau uphendule wathi umphathi wepenshini, ojonga ngaphezulu kwe- $ 366 yezigidigidi zeempahla ze-CPP, uphila 'kwimigangatho ephezulu yokuziphatha nokuziphatha'."
Kwangelo xesha, isithethi seBhodi yeBhodi yoTyalo mali lweCanada phendula, "Injongo ye-CPPIB kukufuna ubungakanani benqanaba lokubuya ngaphandle komngcipheko wokulahleka. Le njongo iyodwa ithetha ukuba i-CPPIB ayilukhuphi ngaphandle utyalomali lomntu ngamnye ngokusekwe kwezentlalo, ezenkolo, ezoqoqosho okanye ezopolitiko.
Ngo-Epreli ngo-2019, iLungu lePalamente u-Alistair MacGregor phawula ukuba ngamaxwebhu apapashwe ngo-2018, "i-CPPIB ikwaphethe amashumi ezigidi zeedola kwiikhontrakthi zokhuselo ezinje ngeGeneral Dynamics kunye noRaytheon ..."
UMacGregor wongeza ukuba ngoFebruwari 2019, wazisa “iBhili yamaLungu abucala u-C-431 kwiNdlu yeeManyano, eza kulungisa imigaqo-nkqubo, imigangatho kunye neenkqubo ze-CPPIB ukuqinisekisa ukuba ziyahambelana neendlela zokuziphatha kunye nokusebenza, abantu, nokuthathelwa ingqalelo kwamalungelo okusingqongileyo. ”
UMacGregor uxelele i-Peace Brigades International-Canada ngalo mthetho xa sadibana naye kwi-ofisi yakhe yonyulo eDuncan, eBritish Columbia ngo-Novemba ngo-2019 kuhambo lokuthethelela ilizwe lonke elaliquka abakhuseli bamalungelo abantu baseColombia.
Ukufunda isicatshulwa esipheleleyo somthetho, nceda ubone UMTHETHO OYILWAYO C-431 Umthetho wokulungisa umThetho weBhodi yezoTyalo-mali ye-Pension Canada (utyalomali). Ukulandela unyulo lwaseburhulumenteni ngo-Okthobha u-2019, iMacGregor yazisa kwakhona umthetho oyilwayo kwakhona ngoFebruwari 26, 2020 njenge I-Bill C-231. Ukubona ividiyo yemizuzu emi-2 yokwaziswa kwayo kwiNdlu, nceda nqakraza apha.
