NguTamara Lorincz, nge-4 ka-Agasti 2020
Abaphembeleli boxolo baseCanada sele beqalisile ukuhlanganisa ukumisa urhulumente wenkululeko phantsi kwe-Nkulumbuso u-Justin Trudeau ekuchitheni i-19 yezigidigidi zeedola kwiijets ezintsha ezingama-88. NgoLwesihlanu, nge-24 kaJulayi, sibambe uSuku lweSizwe lokuSebenza Ukubetha ngoXolo lwemozulu, akukho ziJets ezintsha zoMlo. Kwakukho iintshukumo ezingama-22 kwilizwe liphela, sasimi ngaphandle kwee-ofisi zamalungu ePalamente (i-MP) sineempawu kunye neeleta. Cofa apha ukujonga iifoto kunye neevidiyo ukusukela kumhla wokusebenza.
Umhla wokuSebenza wenzeka kwiveki enye ngaphambi kokuba iibhidi zilungiselelwe ukhuphiswano lwejethi yomlo. Abavelisi bezixhobo bangenise izindululo zabo kurhulumente waseCanada ngolwesiHlanu, nge-31 kaJulayi. Kolu khuphiswano nguLokheed Martin olwa i-F-35, u-Boeing's Super Hornet kunye no-Gripen we-SAAB. Urhulumente waseTrudeau uza kukhetha inqwelo-moya entsha yokulwa ebutsheni bowe-2022. Njengokuba inqwelo-moya ingakhange ikhethwe kwaye ikhontrakthi ingasayinwa, siqinisa uxinzelelo kurhulumente waseCanada ukuba alurhoxise umphelo ukhuphiswano.
Umhla wokuSebenza wakhokelwa liLizwi laseKhanada labafazi loXolo, World BEYOND War kunye ne-Peace Brigades International-Canada kwaye baxhaswa ngamaqela oxolo. Yabandakanya abantu ezitalatweni kunye nephulo losasazo lwentlalo lokuphakamisa ukuqondwa koluntu kunye nezopolitiko malunga nokuchasa kwethu urhulumente ekuthengeni iinqwelomoya ezintsha zokulwa nekhabhoni. Sisebenzise ii-hashtag #NoNewFighterJets kunye #ClimatePeace ukuhambisa indlela ezi jets zithintela ngayo uxolo kunye nobulungisa bemozulu.
Kunxweme olusentshona, bekukho iintshukumo ezine eBritish Columbia. Kwikomkhulu lephondo, uManyano loXolo lwaseVictoria lubonakalise ngaphandle kweofisi yeLungu leDemocratic Party (NDP) iLaurel Collins. I-NDP ngelishwa ixhasa urhulumente wobumbano ekufumaneni iinqwelomoya ezintsha njengoko bekutshiwo kubo Iqonga lonyulo lowama-2019. I-NDP ikwacele ukuba inyuswe inkcitho yezomkhosi kunye nezixhobo ezingaphezulu kwezomkhosi emva kokukhutshwa komgaqo-nkqubo wokhuselo Ukhuseleko oluqinileyo kwi 2017.
E-Sidney, uGqirha Jonathan Down wayenxibe izikhuhla zakhe kwaye ephethe uphawu "Iyeza hayi iiMijukujelwa" njengoko wayemi nezinye World BEYOND War amatshantliziyo ngaphandle kweofisi yePalamente yeGreen Party u-Elizabeth May. Nangona iGreen Party yaseCanada ichasene ne-F-35, ayikaphumi ngokuchasene nokuthengwa kweenqwelo moya. Kwi Iqonga lonyulo lowama-2019, iGreen Party ichaze inkxaso yayo "yesicwangciso sokutshala imali esingaguquguqukiyo ngenkxaso-mali ezinzileyo" ukuze umkhosi ube nezixhobo ezizifunayo. Amatshantliziyo afuna iGreen Party ikhuphe ingxelo ecacileyo, engenakuphikiswa ngokuchasene nokuthengwa kwe ikhona jet yomqhubi.
KwiVancouver, i Umanyano lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lwaBasetyhini loXolo neNkululeko Canada beme phambi kwe-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezokhuseleko u-Harjit Sajjan. Iqela leLiberal lithi iCanada ifuna iijets zokulwa ukuzalisekisa ukuzibophelela kwethu kwi-NATO nase-NORAD. Kwileta yabo eya kuMphathiswa wezoKhuselo, i-WILPF-Canada ibhale ukuba inkxaso-mali kufuneka endaweni yenkqubo yokhathalelo lomntwana yesizwe kunye nezinye iinkqubo zokunceda abasetyhini abanjengezindlu ezifikelelekayo ukuba bangalwi neenqwelo moya. KwiLangley, World BEYOND War Umtshutshisi uMarilyn Konstapel ufumene iindaba ezilungileyo ngesenzo sakhe kunye namanye amatshantliziyo ngaphandle kwe-MP ye-Conservative MP u-Tako Van Popta.
Emathafeni, iBhunga loXolo laseRegina labamba isenzo ngaphandle kwe-ofisi ye-MP u-Andrew Scheer, inkokeli ye-Conservative Party, e-Saskatchewan. UMongameli weBhunga, u-Ed Lehman, naye upapashe ileta eya kumhleli ngokuchasene nokuthengwa kweenkonzo zokhuselo I-Saskatoon Star Phoenix iphephandaba. ULehman ubhale wathi, “iCanada ayifuni ziinqwelomoya; kufuneka siyeke ukulwa kwaye siyisigxina i-UN yokupheliswa komlilo kwihlabathi liphela. ”
Xa i-Conservative Party yayisemandleni ukusuka ku-2006 ukuya ku-2015, urhulumente okhokelwa nguStephen Harper wayefuna ukuthenga i-65 F-35s, kodwa akakwazanga ukuqhubeka ngenxa yeempikiswano malunga nexabiso kunye nomthombo wodwa wentengo. IGosa loHlahlo-lwabiwo mali lasePalamente likhuphe ingxelo ecela umngeni kurhulumente malunga ne-F-35. Abaphembeleli boxolo bakwasungule iphulo Akukho Balwa ngokulwa, obangele ukuba urhulumente ayeke ukuthenga. Iqela leLiberal lanamhlanje lifuna ukuthenga iijets zokulwa nangakumbi kunokuba lenzile iqela le-Conservative Party kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo.
EManitoba, i Umanyano loXolo eWinnipeg ibonakalise kwi-ofisi yeLungu leLungu leNkululeko uTerry Duguid, uNobhala wePalamente kuMphathiswa Wezendalo kunye noTshintsho lweMozulu. Kudliwanondlebe nephephandaba lendawo, usihlalo womfela ndawonye uGlenn Michalchuk wachaza ukuba iijethi zokulwa zikhupha ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni okugqithisileyo kwaye zinegalelo kwingxaki yemozulu, ke iCanada ayinakho ukuzithenga kwaye ifezekise injongo yethu yesiVumelwano saseParis.
Kwakukho amanyathelo aliqela kwiPhondo lase-Ontario. Kwikomkhulu, amalungu e-Ottawa Peace Council, ePacifi kunye Uxolo lweBrigade yamanye amazwe-Canada (I-PBI-Canada) ihambisa iileta kwaye yabonisa ngaphandle kwee-ofisi ze-Liberal MP uDavid McGuinty, u-Liberal MP u-Catherine McKenna, kunye ne-Liberal MP u-Anita Vandenbeld. UBrent Patterson we-PBI-Canada uphikisana nebhlog isikhundla ekwabelwana ngayo ngokubanzi ukuba imisebenzi emininzi ingadalwa kuqoqosho oluluhlaza kunokwakha iijets zokulwa uphando isuka e Iindleko zeProjekthi yeMfazwe.
E-Ottawa naseToronto, oomakhulu abaQumbileyo bahlangana kwii-ofisi zabo zePalamente kwaye bakhupha nengoma entsha emnandi “Sikhuphe kwiJet Game. ” Pax Christi Toronto kunye World BEYOND War babambe i-rally enemibala eqaqambileyo, kunye neempawu zokuyila ezinje nge "Ukupholisa iiJets zakho, ukuxhasa ukuSebenza okuGreen endaweni yoko" ngaphandle kweofisi yeLungu lePalamente uJulie Dabrusin. Phambi kwesakhiwo sika-Sekela-Nkulumbuso kunye ne-ofisi ye-Chrystia Freeland, kwakukho isihlwele esikhulu namalungu e-Canadian Voice of Women for Peace kunye Umbutho wamaKomanisi waseCanada Marxist-Leninist (CPCML).
The Umdibaniso kaHamilton wokuMisa iMfazwe babenemascot enoboya kwimiboniso yabo ngaphandle kweofisi yeLungu leLungu lePalamente uFilomena Tassi eHamilton. UKen Stone uzise inja yakhe yaseLabrador uFeliksi enombhalo ngasemva “Asifuni jethi zokulwa, sifuna ubulungisa bemozulu.” Eli qela lamatsha emva koko uKen wanika ukuvusa intetho kwisihlwele esasihlangene.
KwiCollwood, IPivot2Peace bacule kwaye baqhankqalaza ngaphandle kwe-ofisi ye-Conservative MP u-Terry Dowdall. Kwi udliwanondlebe namajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni, omnye wabaphembeleli wathi, "Ukulwa neengxaki esinazo ngoku, iinqwelomoya aziloncedo kwaphela." IBhunga loXolo lasePeterborough lihlanganyele ngaphandle kwe-ofisi yeLungu lePalamente yeLiberal uMaryam Monsef okwanguMphathiswa Wezabasetyhini kunye nokuLingana ngokweSini ukumcela ukuba "alwe noxolo hayi imfazwe." U-Jo Hayward-Haines we-Peterborough Peace Council wapapasha i-a ileta Kwiphephandaba lendawo ebongoza uMonsef, ongowase-Afghan-Canada kwaye owaziyo malunga nefuthe elibi lemfazwe, ukuba arhoxise inqwelo moya yokulwa.
Amatshantliziyo aneKW Peace kunye Isazela saseKhanada Ubumbene namalungu ecawa yamaMennonite ukuba ahlangane ngaphandle kweofisi yeLungu lePalamente iLaj Saini eKitchener kunye nelungu lePalamente yeLiberal uBardish Chagger eWaterloo. Babephethe imiqondiso emininzi kunye nesibhengezo esikhulu esithi “Demilitarize, Decarbonize. Misa iiMfazwe, yeka ukufudumala ”kwaye wahambisa amaphecana. Iimoto ezininzi zenzelwe ukuxhasa inkxaso.
EMontreal, eQuebec, amalungu eLizwi laseKhanada labafazi boXolo kunye ne-CPCML bema ngaphandle kweofisi yeLungu lePalamente u-Rachel Bendayan e-Outremont. Baye bajoyinwa ngamalungu e Iziko lomgaqo-nkqubo waseCanada wamazwe angaphandle (CFPI). Umlawuli weCFPI uBianca Mugyenyi upapashe isiqwenga esinamandla kwiTyee “Hayi, iCanada ayidingi ukuchitha i- $ 19 yeebhiliyoni kwi-Jet Fighters. ” Uye wagxeka ukuthunyelwa kweenqwelomoya zaseCanada eSerbia, Libya, Iraq naseSyria.
Kunxweme olusempuma, amalungu eNova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace aqhankqalaza ngaphandle kweOfisi yeLungu lePalamente u-Andy Fillmore e-Halifax nakwi-ofisi ye-Liberal MP u-Darren Fischer e-Dartmouth. Abafazi babephethe uphawu olukhulu "Iinqwelo-moya zokulwa azikwazi ukulwa nesini, ubuhlanga, indlala, i-COVID 19, ukungalingani, ingcinezelo, ukungabi namakhaya, intswela-ngqesho kunye notshintsho lwemozulu." Bafuna ukuthotywa amandla kunye nokuguqulwa kwemizi mveliso kwiphondo kuqoqosho olukhathalayo. Inkampani yaseNova Scotia esekwe kwi-IMP yeqela iyinxalenye yesicelo seSAAB Gripen kwaye icenga urhulumente wobumbano ukuba akhethe inqwelomoya yomkhosi waseSweden, ukuze ikwazi ukudibana iyigcine kwindawo ekuma kuyo inkampani eHalifax.
U-Lockheed Martin unobukho obukhulu eCanada kunye neeofisi e-Halifax nase-Ottawa. NgoFebruwari, inkampani yabeka iipowusta kwiindawo zokumisa iibhasi ezingqonge isakhiwo sePalamente kwikomkhulu elixela izibonelelo zomsebenzi zabalwi babo. Ukusukela nge1997, urhulumente waseCanada uchithe ngaphezulu kwe- $ 540 yezigidi zeedola ukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-F-35 yophuhliso. I-Australia, iDenmark, i-Itali, iNetherlands, iNorway ne-United Kingdom bayinxalenye yomanyano kwaye sele bewathengile la maqhawe. Uninzi lwabahlalutyi bezomkhosi balindele ukuba iCanada izakulandela amahlakani ayo kwaye ikhethe i-F-35. Yiyo kanye le sizama ukuyiyeka.
Siqinisekile ukuba ngoxinzelelo olwaneleyo esinokuthi sinyanzele urhulumente waseLiberal okhokelwa nguTrudeau ukuba arhoxise okanye arhoxise ukuthengwa kweenqwelo moya. Ukuze siphumelele, sifuna intshukumo enqamlezayo kunye nobumbano lwamazwe aphesheya. Sizama ukuqokelela inkxaso kumaqela ezendalo kunye noluntu lwezenkolo. Siyathemba ukuba iphulo lethu liya kukhokelela ekubonakalisweni okubalulekileyo nakwimpikiswano enkulu yoluntu malunga nokulwa kunye nokuchitha emkhosini eCanada. Kunye World BEYOND War Kunyaka olandelayo e-Ottawa, amaqela oxolo aseCanada abambe inkomfa enkulu yoxolo kwilizwe liphela Ukwahlulahlula, ukuKhusela izixhobo kunye nokuCinezelwa kunye noqhankqalazo I-CANSEC ingalo ibonisa Apho siza kucela umngeni kwinkampani yezomkhosi nakwimizi-mveliso kwaye simemele ukurhoxiswa kokuthengwa kweenqwelo moya. Siyathemba ukuba uya kujoyina kwikomkhulu laseCanada ukusukela nge-1 ukuya ku-6, 2021!
Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi nge Azikho iiJets ezintsha zokulwa Ndwendwela iLizwi laseKhanada labafazi iphepha lewebhu kwaye usayine eyethu World BEYOND War isikhalazo.
UTamara Lorincz ulilungu leLizwi laseKhanada labafazi loXolo kunye World BEYOND War IBhodi yeeNgcebiso.
