Isibhambathiso senkulumbuso sokunyusa inkcitho yasemkhosini ngeepesenti ezingama-70 ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-10 yaphumelela ukuphumelela indumiso evela kuTrump ngelixa ingabonwa ngabantu baseCanada, abanokukhetha ukuchitha i-30 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiinkqubo zentlalo.
NguLinda McQuaig, Julayi 19, 2017, I nkwenkwezi.
Nasemva kokuba iphephancwadi i-Economist labaleka nqaku enesihloko esithi, “uTony Blair akanguye umdlwenguli,” inkulumbuso yase-Bhritane ayizange ikwazi ukushukuma intlebendwane yokuba yinja ethembekileyo kaGeorge W. Bush ngokuxhasa uhlaselo lwakhe lwase-Iraq.
Ke kufuneka kubekho ukuncwina okukhulu ngaphakathi kwiOfisi yeNkulumbuso yethu kwezi ntsuku, ngoku uloyiko lubonakala ngathi ludlulile ukuba uJustin Trudeau unokugqibela ngokubizwa ngokuba yi-poodle - ngentambo ebanjwe ngumongameli wangoku wase-US.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, isibhengezo sikarhulumente weTrudeau kwinyanga ephelileyo sokuba izonyusa kakhulu inkcitho yasemkhosini yaseCanada - njengoko uDonald Trump ebeyifunile kakhulu - yayisemngciphekweni, kuba abantu baseCanada badikwayo banohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhulu lomkhosi kunye neenkulumbuso ezinikezela koongameli baseMelika.
Kodwa isibhambathiso sikarhulumente weTrudeau sokunyusa inkcitho yasemkhosini ngeepesenti ezingama-70 ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-10 siphumelele ukuphumelela. indumiso evela kuTrump ngelixa isiya ingabonwa ngabantu baseCanada. Sweet.
Isenokuba kungenxa yokuba uMphathiswa weMicimbi yezaNgaphandle uChrystia Freeland wayesandula ukwenza intetho yeqonga ePalamente ebhengeza ukuzimisela kweCanada ukufumana indlela yayo kwihlabathi, ngoku njengoko uTrump ethathe isigqibo “sokuwothula umthwalo wobunkokeli behlabathi.”
Kwavakala kunomsindo kwaye kunesibindi, ngokuchukumisa i-swagger, ukuzimisela ukuchasa uMntu. Akukho poodle apha, wakhalisa ixilongo.
Ukuba ithoni yentiyo kaFreeland yamcaphukisa uTrump njengoko wayecinga ngee-tweets zakhe zangaphambi kokusa ngentsasa elandelayo, wonwatyiswa ziindaba ezamkelwayo emva kokuba iCanada izakuyonyusa inkcitho yasemkhosini nge-30 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ngeejethi zokulwa ezintsha ezingama-88 kunye neenqwelo zokulwa ezintsha ezili-15! Wowu! Ukuze abantu baseKhanada abangenamkhosi chitha ngolo hlobo emkhosini wabo akukho nto-burger!
Ngeli xesha, konke kwakuthe cwaka kumphambili waseCanada apho amajelo eendaba, abesephezulu kwintetho kaFreeland, ayethe phithi ngamabali malunga nokuzimisela kukarhulumente weTrudeau “ukuseta ikhondo lakhe” kunye “nokunyuka ukukhokela kwinqanaba lehlabathi.” Ukufuna ukukholisa uTrump ubukhulu becala balahleka kwi-hoopla.
Ukunyuswa kwenkcitho yasemkhosini, nangona yaziswa ngaphandle kwempikiswano enkulu, eneneni luphuhliso olukhulu oluneziphumo ezibi, lubeka umthwalo omtsha weedola ezingama-30 eebhiliyoni kubarhafi baseKhanada kule minyaka ilishumi izayo kwaye inikezela ngezidingo ezicinezelayo zentlalo kwi-back burner.
Kukwaluhambo olubalulekileyo kuTrudeau, ongazange enze sithembiso sokunyusa inkcitho yasemkhosini yaseCanada, ethi, kwi-19 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka, sele ikwishumi elinesithandathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni.
Ngokuchaseneyo noko, iTrudeau yakhankasela ukuvuselela indima yaseCanada kugcino loxolo lwe-UN. Kodwa awuzigcini kwijethi zokulwa kunye neenqanawa zokulwa ukuba ugxininiso lwakho kukugcina uxolo.
Oku kunyuswa kwenkcitho yasemkhosini kukhulu kakhulu kunokuba bekucwangcisiwe nguStephen Harper. UHarper wayesoloko ephazamisekile kwisicwangciso sakhe sokuchitha i-9 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiijethi zokulwa ezingama-65. Kodwa ngoku iqela leTrudeau, elithanda ukubonisa ubuso bobufazi kwihlabathi, libhengeze injongo yalo yokuphinda kabini loo nto, lichitha i-19 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiijethi ezingama-88.
Konke oku kuya kubuyisela iCanada ngokupheleleyo kwimo yokulwa imfazwe, ukuze sikwazi ukulingana ngokungenamthungo kulo naliphi na iphulo lomkhosi uTrump anokufuna ukusifaka kulo.
Kwaye ungaphazamisi, yile nto silungiselela yona. Isicwangciso esitsha somkhosi, esinesihloko esithi "Omelele, sikhuselekile, sibandakanyekile," senza iimbekiselo ezingama-23 "kukusebenzisana" kweCanada ne-US kunye nemikhosi yasemkhosini ehlangeneyo, uphawula uPeggy Mason, umongameli weRideau Institute, ekuphela kwetanki yokucinga yaseCanada ejongene nemiba yasemkhosini. ayifumani nkxaso-mali kakhulu kushishino lwezixhobo.
UMason, owayesakuba ngunozakuzaku waseKhanada kwi-UN malunga nokuthotywa kwezixhobo, uthi, ngaphandle kokuthetha malunga nokuzahlula kukaTrump, ulawulo lukaTrump alurhoxi kwiindibano zomkhosi zangaphandle; ngokuchaseneyo, iyandisa imikhosi yayo e-Iraq, eSiriya, eYemen nase-Afghanistan.
UTrump uye wanyelisa ngokuchasene namahlakani aseMelika ngokungachithi ngokwaneleyo kwimikhosi yawo, eshiya i-US inomthwalo omninzi wemali wokukhusela “ilizwe elikhululekileyo.”
Ewe kunjalo, isisombululo esinengqiqo ngakumbi siya kuba yiWashington ukuba inqumle imali yayo eyi-600 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi "zokhuselo", ebalelwa kwi-36 yeepesenti yenkcitho yasemkhosini yehlabathi - phantse kathathu ngaphezulu kweTshayina, umchithi omkhulu olandelayo, ngoku ka iStockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, imali eyongezelelweyo ye-30 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwinkcitho yasemkhosini iTrudeau isandula ukuyithembisa ibonakala ingenangxaki kwizinto eziphambili kubantu baseCanada.
Uqikelelo lwam kukuba, xa kunikwe ukhetho phakathi kokuchitha loo mali kwiijethi zokulwa okanye kwiinkqubo zentlalo, uninzi lwabantu baseCanada bangathanda iinkqubo zentlalo.
Kodwa ke, ababambi intambo.
ULinda McQuaig ngumbhali kunye nentatheli ekholamu yayo ivela ngenyanga. Mlandele ku-twitter @LindaMcQuaig
