Umphathiswa uGuilbeault, akukho "Nkokeli yeMozulu" yaseCanada ngaphandle kokurhoxisa i-F-35 Fighter Jet Deal.

NguCarley Dove-McFalls, World BEYOND War, UJanuwari 17, 2023

UCarley Dove-McFalls ngumfundi waseyunivesithi yaseMcGill kunye netshantliziyo lobulungisa bemozulu.

NgoLwesihlanu we-6 kaJanuwari ka-2023 abantu bahlanganisana phambi koMphathiswa wezeNdalo uSteven Guilbeault ukuba bathethe ngokuchasene nesivumelwano se-F-35 esabhengezwa ngurhulumente waseCanada. Nangona kusenokuba kwakungacacanga ukuba kutheni sasiqhankqalaza kwiofisi kaGuilbeault sizama ukubonakalisa uxolo, zazininzi izizathu zokuba sibe lapho. Njengomlweli wobulungisa bemozulu esilwa ngokuchasene neziseko ezingundoqo zamafutha efosili, njenge-Enbridge's Line 5, ukuguga, ukuwohloka, umbhobho ongekho mthethweni, nongeyomfuneko Ukudlula kuLwandle Olukhulu kwaye yayalelwa ukuba ivalwe ngo-2020 yiRhuluneli yaseMichigan uWhitmer, bendifuna ukuqaqambisa unxibelelwano phakathi kokulwa imfazwe kunye nokulwela ubulungisa bemozulu.

UGuilbeault ungumzekelo wokuhanahanisa kukarhulumente waseKhanada. Urhulumente waseCanada uzama ngamandla ukwenza lo mfanekiso wakhe njengomgcini woxolo kunye nenkokeli yemozulu kodwa uyasilela kuyo yomibini imiba. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuchitha imali yoluntu kwezi nqwelomoya zokulwa zaseMelika i-F-35, urhulumente waseKhanada ukhuthaza ubundlobongela obugqithisileyo ngeli lixa ethintela ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni (ngenxa yokukhutshwa kwe-GHG enkulu kunye nezinye izinto eziyingozi ezikhutshwa zezi nqwelo moya) kunye nentshukumo yemozulu esebenzayo.

Ngaphaya koko, zombini ukuthengwa kwezi jethi zokulwa kunye nokuchasa kukarhulumente waseKhanada umyalelo wokuqala wokuvalwa kombhobho kuthintela nayiphi na inkqubela phambili yolongamo lweMveli. Enyanisweni, urhulumente waseKhanada unolwazi imbali yokusebenzisa imihlaba yeMveli njengendawo yoqeqesho lomkhosi kunye neendawo zovavanyo lwezixhobo, ukongeza kwezinye iintlobo zobundlobongela bamakoloniyali obubangela abantu boMthonyama. Kangangamashumi eminyaka, i-Innu yaseLabrador kunye neDene kunye neCree abantu base-Alberta naseSaskatchewan bebephambili kuqhanqalazo oluchasene neziseko zomkhosi womoya kunye noqeqesho lwejethi yokulwa ngokwakha iinkampu zoxolo kunye nokubandakanyeka kumaphulo angenabundlobongela. Ezi jethi zokulwa nazo ziya kuba nomonakalo omkhulu kuluntu lweMveli ngezinto ezinje ngocupho lwe-arctic kunye nokuthintela utyalo-mali olunexesha elide kwizindlu kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo kuluntu lweMveli eMntla.

Kwimeko yobulungisa bemozulu, abantu bomthonyama kulo lonke elaseTurtle Island nangaphaya bebehamba phambili kwintshukumo kwaye baye bachatshazelwa ngokungafanelekanga sisibaso esiyingozi sefosili (kunye namanye) amashishini. Njengokuba, zonke izizwe ezili-12 ezamkelwa ngurhulumente eMichigan kwaye i Isizwe sase-Anishinabek (equka iZizwe ezingama-39 zokuQala kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yi-Ontario) zithethile kwaye zaqhankqalaza ngokuchasene nomgca wesi-5. ukungena ngokungekho mthethweni kugcino lweBad River Band Tribe. Esi sizwe sithetha nje sikwityala lenkundla elichasene no-Enbridge kwaye iintshukumo ezininzi ezikhokelwa ngabeMveli ziye zakhalazela ukuqhubeka nokusebenza komgca wesi-5 iminyaka.

Nangona uGuilbeault UCanzibe banemibono eyahlukileyo kuneyabanye oorhulumente bezopolitiko beLiberal malunga nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nemfazwe, usabandakanyeka kolu bundlobongela obungapheliyo kunye nokugcina imeko ekhoyo. Njengomphathiswa wezendalo, akwamkelekanga ukuba avume iiprojekthi ezifana nomgca 5 kunye Equinor's Bay du Nord (i-megaproject entsha yokomba ekude nonxweme kunxweme lwaseNewfoundland) kunye nokungaxhathisi esi sivumelwano seenqwelomoya zokulwa. Nangona enokuba mathidala ukuxhasa ezi projekthi, njengoko udliwano-ndlebe lucebise, usabavumela… Isandla sakhe bubundlobongela. Sifuna umntu oza kumela into akholelwa kuyo kwaye oya kukhonza okulungileyo ngakumbi ngezinto ezinje ngezindlu ezifikelelekayo, ukhathalelo lwempilo, kunye nemozulu.

Xa sijonga indlela urhulumente asebenzisa ngayo imali yakhe, kuya kucaca ngakumbi ukuba iCanada iyayixhasa imfazwe kwaye ayixhasi isenzo esinentsingiselo yemozulu nangona idumela elizama ukuyigcina njengabagcini boxolo kunye neenkokheli zemozulu. Urhulumente ubhengeza iindleko zesi sivumelwano phakathi I-7 kunye ne-19 yeebhiliyoni zeedola; kunjalo, ukuba kuphela iindleko yokuqala ukuthenga-in 16 F-35 kunye ayibandakanyi iindleko zomjikelo wobomi bonke ezibandakanya iindleko eziphathelele kuphuhliso, ukusebenza, kunye nokulahla. Elona xabiso lale nkonzo ke ngoko kusenokwenzeka ukuba liphezulu kakhulu. Xa kuthelekiswa, kwiCOP 27 ngoNovemba ophelileyo (okuthi U-PM Trudeau akazange abekho), iKhanada yathembisa ukuxhasa amazwe “asakhasayo” (igama eliyingxaki ngokumangalisayo ngokwalo) ukuthomalalisa kunye nokuziqhelanisa nokutshintsha kwemozulu ngamaphulo akhoyo. yaba yi-84.25 yezigidi zeerandi. Lilonke, kukho I-5.3 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwimvulophu yokuzinikela ngemali yemozulu, engaphantsi kakhulu kunemali echithwa ngurhulumente kwesi sikhululo esinye seenqwelomoya zokulwa.

Apha, ndisanda kuqaqambisa iindlela zokulwa kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye neendlela amalungu ethu ePalamente abonisa ngayo le ndlela yohanahaniso apho amazwi kunye nezenzo zabo zingahambelani. Ngoko ke siye sahlanganisana kwi-ofisi kaGuilbeault – “eyayikhuselwe” kakhulu ngoonogada abazikhuselayo nabanobundlongondlongo – ukukhalazela ukungazibandakanyi kukarhulumente waseKhanada kwinguqu enobulungisa nokubanika uxanduva lokusebenzela uluntu. Urhulumente waseTrudeau usebenzisa iidola zethu zerhafu ukwandisa ubundlobongela emhlabeni kwaye siya kwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukunqanda le ndlela yokuziphatha ingamkelekanga. Abantu bayabandezeleka; urhulumente waseKhanada kufuneka ayeke ukusebenzisa amagama angenanto kunye namaphulo e-PR ukuze azikhulule kumonakalo abawenzayo kubo bonke abantu (kwaye ngakumbi kubantu boMthonyama) kunye nokusingqongileyo. Simemelela urhulumente ukuba abandakanyeke kwizenzo zemozulu, kwizenzo zokwenene zoxolelwaniso nabemi boMthonyama kwiSiqithi saseTurtle, kunye nokuphucula iinkonzo zoluntu.