Hayi, iCanada ayidingi ukuchitha i- $ 19 yeebhiliyoni kwi-Jet Fighters

F-35A Umbane II wokulwa
I-F-35A Lightning II fighter jet eqhelisela ukubonakala komoya e-Ottawa ngonyaka ka-2019. Urhulumente weTrudeau uceba ukuthenga ezinye i-jets ze-fighter kwinkqubo yokuvula. Ifoto ngu-Adrian Wyld, Umshicileli waseCanada.

Ngu-Bianca Mugyenyi, nge-23 kaJulayi, 2020

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ECanada akufuneki kuthengwe iindleko ezibiza kakhulu, ezinobungozi bekhabhoni.

Uqhanqalazo lubanjwa ngolwe-Sihlanu kwii-ofisi zamalungu ePalamente ali-15 kwilizwe liphela zifuna urhulumente woburhulumente arhoxise ukuthengwa kwakhe okucwangcisiweyo kweenqwelomoya ezintsha ze "Generation 5".

Iidemokhrasi zifuna i-19 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ijethi ziya kubiza imali echithwe kumalinge angonakalisi indalo nokuphila.

Iinkampani ze Arms ziye kude kube sekupheleni kwenyanga ukuba zingenise iibhidi zazo zokwenza iijets ezingama-88 ezintsha zomlo. I-Boeing (Super Hornet), Saab (Gripen) kunye no-Lockheed Martin (F-35) babeke amabhidi, kwaye urhulumente wobumbano kulindeleke ukuba akhethe ophumelele ngo-2022.

Kukho izizathu ezininzi zokuchasa ukuthengwa kwezi zixhobo.

Eyokuqala yithegi yexabiso leedola ezili-19 lamawaka ezigidi- iidola ezingama-216 ezigidi ngenqwelomoya nganye. Nge-19 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, urhulumente unokuhlawulela uloliwe olula kwiidolophu ezilishumi elinambini. Ekugqibeleni ingalungisa ingxaki yamanzi yeZizwe zakuqala kwaye iqinisekise ngamanzi okusela asempilweni kwindawo nganye egciniweyo, kwaye isenemali eyaneleyo yokwakha iiyunithi ezingama-64,000 zezindlu zokuhlala.

Kodwa ayisiyonto nje yokuchitha imali. ICanada sele ikwijubane lokuphuma ngakumbi igesi yegreenhouse kunokuba bekuvunyelenwe kwisivumelwano seParis sika-2015. Ukanti sazi ijetshu zokulwa kufuneka zisebenzisa isixa esimangalisayo samafutha. Emva kwe iinyanga ezintandathu kukuqhushumba YeLibya ngo-2011, iRoyal Canadian Air Force phendla iijetshi zayo ezinesiqingatha-ezilishumi zisebenzisa i-14.5 yezigidi zeepawundi- iilitha ezisisi-8.5 yeelitha. Ukukhutshwa kweCarbon kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zineempembelelo zokufudumeza ngakumbi, kunye nokunye "ukuphuma" - i-nitrous oxide, umphunga wamanzi kunye neesot - zivelisa iimpembelelo zemozulu ezongezelelweyo.

Ijetshu zokulwa azidingeki ukukhusela abantu baseCanada. Owayesakuba ngumphathiswa wezokhuseleko kuzwelonke uCharles Nixon ngokuchanekileyo akukho zoyikiso zithembekileyo ezifuna ukuba iCanada ibe nejeets ezintsha zokulwa. Xa inkqubo yokuthengwa kwempahla yaqaliswa, uNixx wabhala ukuba "amajoni e" gen 5 "awafuneki ukukhusela ubukhosi baseKhanada okanye ubukhosi bakhe." Ucacisile ukuba baya kuba lilize kakhulu ekujonganeni noluhlaselo olunjengowe-9/11, baphendule kwintlekele yendalo, ukubonelela ngoncedo loluntu jikelele okanye kwimisebenzi yokugcina uxolo.

Ezi zixhobo ezikhuselayo eziyingozi ezenzelwe ukomeleza amandla omkhosi wokujoyina ukusebenza ne-US ne-NATO. Kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, ijetsia zaseKhanada zidlale indima ebalulekileyo kwibhombu ekhokelwa yi-US e-Iraq (1991), eSerbia (1999), eLibya (2011) naseSyria / Iraq (ngo-2014 ukuya ku-2016).

Iibhombu zeentsuku ezingama-78 zokubhabha kwenxalenye ye-Serbia yangaphambili ye-Yugoslavia ngonyaka we-1999 yaphulwe Umthetho wezizwe ngezizwe njengelungu le-United Nations Security Council okanye urhulumente waseSerbia kuvunywe yona. Abemi abamalunga ne-500 basweleke ngexesha lebhombu ye-NATO kwaye amakhulu amawaka ashiyeka. Iibhombu "Ukutshabalalisa iindawo namashishini nezixhobo zokusebenza izinto eziyingozi zingcolisa umoya, amanzi nomhlaba. ” Ukutshatyalaliswa ngabom kwezityalo zekhemikhali ezibangelwa umonakalo omkhulu kwindalo esingqongileyo. Iibhlorho kunye nezibonelelo ezifana nezityalo zokucoca amanzi kunye namashishini zonakaliswa okanye zatshatyalaliswa.

Ukuqhushumisa kwebhombu eSyria kutshanje kukwaphula umthetho wamazwe aphesheya. Ngo-2011, iBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN kuvunywe indawo engenabhabha yokukhusela abantu baseLibya, kodwa ibhombu ye-NATO yaya ngaphaya kokugunyaziswa yi-UN.

Amandla afanayo adlalwayo kwiMfazwe yeGulf phayaa phaya phaya 'ngeminyaka yoo-90s. Ngeli xesha lemfazwe, amajoni omkhosi waseKhanada enza into eyayibizwa njalo "Bubiyan Turkey Bhaloba" otshabalalise ikhulu leenqanawa zomkhosi waselwandle kunye nobuninzi beziseko zophuhliso zase-Iraq. Imveliso yombane yelizwe yadilizwa kakhulu njengamadama, izityalo zokuhambisa amanzi amdaka, izixhobo zonxibelelwano, izixhobo zamazibuko nezixhobo zokucoca ioyile. Malunga nama-20,000 amajoni aseIraq kunye namawaka amajoni abahlali bulawa emfazweni.

E-Libya, i-NATO fist jets zonakalise inkqubo ye-Great Manmade River aquifer. Ukuhlasela umthombo we-70 yeepesenti yamanzi abemi kunokwenzeka ulwaphulo-mthetho emfazweni. Ukususela kwimfazwe yango-2011, izigidi zabantu baseLibya bajamelana ingxaki yemeko engapheliyo yamanzi. Ngexesha leenyanga ezintandathu zemfazwe, umanyano ehlile Iibhombu ezingama-20,000 kwiithagethi eziphantse zibe ngama-6,000, kubandakanya izakhiwo ezingaphezu kwama-400 zikarhulumente okanye amaziko okuyalela. Amakhulu-khulu, mhlawumbi amakhulu, abemi babulawa kwimigibe.

Ukuchitha imali ezibhiliyoni ezili-19 zeedola kumjikelo wokulwa we-fighter kuphela kwenza ingqiqo isekwe kumbono womgaqo-nkqubo wase-Canada wangaphandle obandakanya ukulwa kwiimfazwe zase-US ne-NATO ezizayo.

Ukusukela oko iCanada yabetha okwesibini ngokulandelelana isihlalo kwi-Security Council ngoJuni, umanyano olukhulayo luye lwabangela isidingo "sokuvuselela umgaqo-nkqubo wamanye amazwe waseCanada." An ileta evulekileyo kwi-Nkulumbuso uJustin Trudeau osayinwe nguGreenpeace Canada, 350.org, Idle Azisekho, Imozulu yaseCanada yaseCanada kunye namanye amaqela angama-40, kunye nee-MP ezine ezihleliyo kunye noDavid Suzuki, uNaomi Klein noStephen Lewis, kubandakanya indawo yokulwa nomkhosi waseCanada.

Ibuza: "Ngaba iCanada iyaqhubeka nokuba yinxalenye ye-NATO okanye endaweni yokulandela iindlela ezingekho emkhosini eziya eluxolweni lwehlabathi?"

Ngapha koko ukwahlula-hlukana kwezobupolitika, ngakumbi nangakumbi amazwi abiza ukuba kuhlolwe okanye kusekwe kwakhona umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle waseKhanada.

Kude kube lolo hlaziyo, urhulumente kufanelekile ukuba achithe imali eyi-19 yeebhiliyoni kwizinto ezingafunekiyo, ezonakalisa intshabalalo yemozulu, kwijethi entsha yomlwi.

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