Ukugxeka i-General Dynamics eCwangcisiweyo yoKwandiswa kweFektri yeeQhushumbisi eQuebec

Ngu Montreal for a World BEYOND War, UEpreli 12, 2026

Ngomhla we-19 kweyoKwindla uCym Gomery, uMququzeleli weMontreal World BEYOND War isahluko, esavezwa kwiindibano zikarhulumente zoluntu malunga nokusingqongileyo (i-BAPE, ibhodi yophononongo lokusingqongileyo yaseQuebec) malunga nokwandiswa kwesakhiwo seGeneral Dynamics eValleyfield Québec. Ukuze olu lwandiso luqhubeke, i-BAPE ifuna ukuba le projekthi ibonise ukuba "iyamkeleka eluntwini." IMontréal ye World BEYOND War Intetho yayiyenye yeentetho ezininzi ezazichasa uGD ukuba ukwandiswa kwazo akunakuba “kwamkelekile eluntwini” ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo, ingakumbi ukuba izixhobo eziveliswe kwesi sakhiwo zinxulumene ngokuthe ngqo nokubulawa kwabantu eGaza.

Isityalo esiseSalaberry-de-Valleyfield, eQuebec siqhutywa yiGeneral Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems – Canada (GD-OTS), inkampani engaphantsi kwenkampani enkulu yezixhobo zase-US iGeneral Dynamics, umenzi wezixhobo wesithandathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni. I-GD-OTS Canada ngumvelisi wezixhobo zomkhosi, kuquka iipropellants ezisetyenziswa kwiimortar, iitanki kunye neeartillery ezinkulu, kunye neendawo ezimbalwa zokwenza eQuebec. I-GD-OTS iceba ukuchitha i-$682 yezigidi ukongeza izakhiwo ezili-12 kwikhampasi yayo enezakhiwo ezili-150 eValleyfield, ngokutsho kwi-BAPE. Njengoko kubikwe ngu Imaple, ulwandiso luxhaswa ngokupheleleyo ngumkhosi waseMelika.

Ukwandiswa kuya kuvumela i-GD-OTS ukuba iphindaphinde amandla ayo okuvelisa i-M31A2, i-propellant esetyenziswa kwiinqwelo-moya ezinkulu. Isityalo saseValleyfield sesona sodwa esibonelela nge-M31A2 triple-base propellant eMntla Melika kwaye okwangoku sizalisekisa izivumelwano ezahlukeneyo zokwenza le propellant ukuze i-US ibonelele ngayo amaqabane ayo, kuquka ne-Israel. Le propellant isetyenziselwa ukudubula amakhulu amawaka eembumbulu ze-155mm zezixhobo zomlilo ezisetyenziswe yi-Israel ekuhlaseleni kwayo iGaza.

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I-General Dynamics à Valleyfield inc. (GDV) ifuna ukuphucula nokwandisa indawo yayo yokuvelisa iziqhushumbisi eSalaberry-de-Valleyfield.

Esi sakhiwo sifuna ukwandisa imveliso yonyaka emalunga ne-2,722 yezigidi zeetoni zeemetrikhi ukuya kuthi ga kwi-10,000 zeetoni zeemetrikhi. Ixabiso leprojekthi yi-$682 yezigidi.

I-GDV ichaza umsebenzi wayo njengo "kukubonelela ngeemveliso ezikhuselekileyo, ezintsha nezithembekileyo [oko kukuthi, iziqhushumbisi] ukuvumela imikhosi yaseKhanada, amaqabane kunye nabanye abathengi ukuba baphumelele ekufezekiseni imisebenzi yabo."

Kwintetho yayo ye-BAPE, i-GDV ibhekisa kwiziqhushumbisi zayo ngendlela ehlekisayo njenge "zinto zamandla", nangona kunjalo kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba iKomiti yeHlabathi yeRed Cross (ICRC) ichaza izixhobo eziqhumayo njenge "zixhobo ezivuselelwa kukudubula kwezinto eziqhuma kakhulu, nto leyo edala ikakhulu ukuqhuma nokuqhekeka, kunye neenkqubo zazo zokuhambisa."

Ezi zixhobo zibulala okanye zilimaza abantu abaninzi, zitshabalalisa iziseko zophuhliso, kwaye zonakalisa indalo esingqongileyo. Ngeendlela ezininzi, zisongela ukhuseleko lwabantu nolwehlabathi.

Imbali yeengozi kwindawo yaseValleyfield

Masithathe umzuzwana sicinge ukuba i-GDV ivelisa imveliso eyingozi kwiziko elinembali yeengozi.

• Ngomhla wama-26 ku-Agasti 1980, kuqhuma Kwindawo yokomisa “eyayiqhutywa yi-280” abasebenzi ababini babulawa ngoko nangoko, baza benzakalisa abanye ababini, omnye wabo wafa ngenxa yokwenzakala kwakhe.
• Ngowe-1983, umsebenzi wasweleka ngenxa yokunxila ngamachiza.
• Ngo-1993 abasebenzi ababini bafa ngenxa yokuqhuma kwindawo yokomisa.
• Ngomhla wama-29 kuCanzibe 2020, isakhiwo se-GDV esisetyenziselwa ukuphatha umgubo oqhumayo satshatyalaliswa yi- ukuqhuma ngengozi.
• Ngomhla wama-29 kweyeDwarha ngowama-2024, umsebenzi wayecinezelekile ngemoto kaloliwe kwindawo yokusebenza.

Uvavanyo lwe-GDV malunga nemiphumo yokusingqongileyo

I-GDV sele ivumile kwicandelo 5.2 le-Avis de projet ukuba le projekthi kwisigaba sayo sokuqala iya kungcolisa umhlaba namanzi, kwaye itshabalalise indawo yokuhlala yezilwanyana zasendle. Nje ukuba ukwakhiwa kuqale, i-GDV iphawula ukuba ezi mpembelelo ziyaqhubeka kwaye ziyanda ukuquka ungcoliseko lwengxolo, ukungcangcazela, uthuli kunye nokwanda kwezithuthi, kuquka nokugcwala kwezixhobo ezinzima. Nje ukuba imveliso yeziqhushumbisi iqale, bongeza ukuba, ungcoliseko lomoya nomhlaba namanzi luya kuqhubeka, kwaye ingxolo, ukungcangcazela kunye nokugcwala kwezixhobo ezinzima kuya kwanda. I-GDV iyavuma ukuba zonke ezi zithuthi zongezelelweyo ziya kuvelisa iigesi ze-greenhouse (GHG).

Ezi ziphumo iGDV ezivumileyo zincinci kakhulu kunempembelelo yokwanda kwazo kwindalo esingqongileyo.

Impembelelo yezinto eziqhumayo kwindalo esingqongileyo 

Isiphakamiso sokwandisa imveliso ye-GDV asiyonto ilula xa kufikwa kwindalo esingqongileyo, ngoko ke ukuqwalasela kwethu iingozi akufuneki kuphele kwimigca yepropathi yesakhiwo se-GD Valleyfield. Ezi ziqhushumbisi zifikelela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zengxabano. Ingxaki enkulu kukuba urhulumente waseQuebec ubambe indawo edala iziqhushumbisi—izixhobo zokutshabalalisa abantu abaninzi, ezimpembelelo yazo idlula lee kwindawo ekufutshane nesakhiwo semveliso.

Ngokwembali bekukho imfihlo eninzi malunga nokuba izixhobo eziveliswa yi-GDV ziphelela phi, kodwa  uhlaziyo lwakutshanje umbiko yiArms Embargo Now coalition inika iinkcukacha ezibonisa ukuba abavelisi bezixhobo baseKhanada, kuquka neGeneral Dynamics, banikezela ngezixhobo ngqo kurhulumente wase-Israel. ndelayo umbiko ibonisa ukuba izixhobo zaseKhanada ziya e-Israel nakwezinye iindawo ezinokuba zenza ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe, ngaphandle kokungahoywa kwemithetho eqhelekileyo yokusingqongileyo okanye amalungelo oluntu, ngenxa yesithuba esisemthethweni esizikhululayo xa zithunyelwa e-United States kuqala.

Ngelishwa, xa uloyiko lokuqhuma luyinto nje yokukhumbula, ukufa kwabantu ngenxa yezixhobo ezingakhange ziqhume kuyaqhubeka.

• Umzekelo, ngo-Epreli 2024 urhulumente wase-Ukraine waxela ukuba iziqhushumbisi zomhlaba kunye nezinye izixhobo ezingakhange ziqhushumbe zibangele abantu abangaphezu kwe-1,000 abenzakeleyo ukusukela oko kwaqala ukuhlasela kweRashiya.
• Uphando olwenziwe eCambodia, olwaqhushumbiswa kakhulu ngumkhosi waseMelika ngexesha lemfazwe yaseVietnam (1955-1975), lubonisa ukuba izixhobo ezingakhange ziqhushumbiswe ziyaqhubeka nokonakalisa imveliso yezolimo apho nanamhlanje, apho abalimi, belumkele iibhombu ezingaqhushumbiswanga, baphepha ukusebenzisa iitrektara kunye nezinye iindlela zolimo ezinokunyusa imveliso yezolimo.
• Izifundo zibonisa nokuba iintsalela eziqhumayo zemfazwe zichaphazela umgangatho womhlaba. Iibhombu ezingaqhumanga kunye neebhombu zomhlaba zinokuvuza iintsimbi ezinzima kunye nenkunkuma enobuthi emhlabeni, zingcolise umhlaba namanzi.

Uluntu lwehlabathi sele lujongene nokunqongophala kokutya—ngaba urhulumente waseQuebec ukulungele ukwamkela ukufuduka kwabantu abaninzi okunokubangelwa kukunqongophala kokutya okubangelwa lutyalo-mali lwakhe kwiimveliso ezifana neziqhushumbisi zeGeneral Dynamics, ezinciphisa ukufumaneka kokutya kwihlabathi?

Abantu bayinxalenye yendalo esingqongileyo 

Idatha eqokelelwe yi-Action on Armed Violence ibonisa ukuba ama-90 ekhulwini abo babuleweyo nabalimeleyo ziziqhushumbisi kwiindawo ezinabantu ngabantu. Kwaye lo mthombo wokwenzakala unokuhlala ixesha elide - ngamanye amaxesha amashumi eminyaka - kuba ezinye izixhobo eziqhumayo azikwazi ukuqhuma xa ziqala ukuhlasela. Izixhobo eziqhumayo ezingaqhumanga (UXO) zinokuqhuma ixesha elide emva kokuba ingxabano iphelile, zibulale kwaye zilimaze isizukulwana esitsha.

Ukonakalisa iziseko zophuhliso kunye nendalo 

Ezi ziqhushumbisi zenzelwe ukusetyenziswa, kwaye eneneni ukuphila kakuhle kwesakhiwo se-GDV kuxhomekeke kwimfazwe nokubulawa kwabantu; ngoko ke kufuneka siqwalasele ubomi babantu, izilwanyana kunye nezityalo eziza kutshatyalaliswa ziimveliso ze-GDV. Izakhiwo, kuquka izibhedlele, izikolo, izindlu eziza kuqhuma kusetyenziswa izinto eziveliswe kwiziko le-GDV. Nangona abantu ababuleweyo nabaza kubulawa, kunye nezilwanyana, izakhiwo kunye nezibhedlele zendalo ezikhankanyiweyo zingekho eQuébec, zisaxabisekile kwaye zifanelwe kukukhuselwa.

Izibonelelo

Umonakalo owenziwa zizixhobo eziqhumayo kwiziseko zophuhliso zabantu usongela impilo kunye nokuphila kakuhle kwabantu nezilwanyana ezihlala kwindawo yemfazwe - kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kude kakhulu nayo. Njengoko sibona e-Ukraine, e-Iraq, e-Yemen, eSiriya nasePalestina, ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo eziqhumayo kuthintela ukufikelela emanzini acocekileyo, kubeka emngciphekweni iinkqubo zamanzi amdaka kunye nezinye iziseko zophuhliso ezibalulekileyo, kukhupha izinto ezinobungozi kunye nomsi kwindalo esingqongileyo, kuthintela ukubonelelwa ngonyango, kwaye kunegalelo ekuqhambukeni kwezifo ezosulelayo.

Ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo eziqhumayo kwiindawo zasezidolophini kunokukhupha iikhemikhali ezininzi ezinobungozi neziyingozi ezivela kwiiyunithi zorhwebo nezoshishino ezonakeleyo, kwiziseko zoncedo, kwiindawo zokuzalisa, kwiindawo zokusebenzela, kwiindawo zokugcina amafutha, nakwiigaraji. Ukuqhuma kudala ungcoliseko oluhamba emoyeni, oluchaphazela kakubi impilo yabantu nezilwanyana ngokudibana ngqo, ukuphefumla, okanye ukuginya iikhemikhali okanye umhlaba ongcolisiweyo. Ungcoliseko olufana nelothe, ichromium, iioyile zepetroli, iiPolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), kunye nezinto ze-polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) nazo zinokuphuma emhlabeni, zifudukele emanzini angaphantsi komhlaba, kwaye zigeleze ziye kwimilambo okanye kwimilambo.

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Imfazwe exhotyisiweyo inemiphumo emibi kakhulu kwindalo esingqongileyo, ibulala izityalo nezilwanyana, kwaye yonakalisa amahlathi namasimi kunye neendawo ezimanzi.

Qaphela ukuba umthetho wabantu wamazwe ngamazwe uquka iRome Statute ka-1998, ethi ukubangela umonakalo omkhulu, ohlala ixesha elide, nonzima kwindalo esingqongileyo lulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe. 

Iimpembelelo zemozulu 

Izixhobo eziqhumayo zonakalisa kwaye zitshabalalisa indalo esingqongileyo, zibangela imililo yasendle kunye nezikhukula. Lo monakalo uyanda ngenxa yeziphumo zotshintsho lwemozulu - amaqondo obushushu aphezulu kakhulu kunye nezivuthuvuthu ezinamandla.

Iimfazwe notshintsho lwemozulu zidibene ngokungenakuhlukaniswa. Utshintsho lwemozulu lunokwandisa amathuba eengxabano ezinobundlobongela ngokwandisa ukunqongophala kwezixhobo kunye nokufuduka kwabantu, ngelixa iingxabano ngokwazo zikhawulezisa umonakalo ongqongileyo. • Ezi ziqhushumbisi ziya kuthunyelwa phesheya, kwaye iinqwelomoya kunye neenqanawa ezisetyenziswayo ziya kwandisa i-GHG kwihlabathi liphela.

• Ezinye zezi zixhobo aziyi kuqhuma, kwaye ezi zixhobo zilahliweyo zinokuqhushumba xa kukho ubushushu. Umzekelo, iindawo ezintandathu ezahlukeneyo zezixhobo zaqhushumba kulo lonke elase-Iraq ngexesha lehlobo elishushu ngo-2018 nango-2019, xa amaqondo obushushu ayefikelela kuma-45°C rhoqo. Amaza obushushu atyholwa ngokuqhuma okufanayo kwenkunkuma yezixhobo eJordan ngo-2020.
• Komnye umzekelo wendlela iimpembelelo zebhombu eziqhubeka ngayo kwimozulu emva kokuba iimfazwe ziphelile, iingxelo zibonisa ukuba imililo yasendle yaqhumisa iibhombu ezingaqhumanga zeMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini ngo-Agasti 2025 eNorth York Moors, e-UK.
• ELibya, iStorm Daniel yatshabalalisa amadama amabini ngo-2023, nto leyo eyabangela izikhukula kwiindawo ezinkulu zesixeko sasempuma saseDerna. Izikhukula zasusa iivenkile zezixhobo zomlilo kunye neembumbulu ezazingaqhumanga, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba kube nzima ukubuyisa izinto.
• Iingcali zeziqhushumbisi kwafuneka zithunyelwe ngexesha lezikhukula ezitshabalalisayo eMzantsi Sudan ngo-2024 ukuze zihlole ukuba umhlaba ukhuselekile na ekufuduselweni kwabantu abafudukileyo.

Le yimizekelo embalwa nje ebonisa ukudibana kweshishini lemfazwe, umonakalo ongqongileyo, utshintsho lwemozulu kwanezolimo kunye nokufuduka kwabantu.

isiphelo 

Ngokwandisa imveliso yesakhiwo seGeneral Dynamics eValleyfield Quebec, urhulumente waseQuébec ukhulisa ukubandakanyeka kwakhe kwiimfazwe zehlabathi, kunye nomonakalo obangelwa kubemi babantu, ezolimo, utshintsho lwemozulu, iziseko zophuhliso, izityalo kunye nezilwanyana. Simema urhulumente waseQuébec ukuba ajonge ngaphaya kwemida yakhe kunye nenzuzo yakhe yexesha elifutshane. Sicinga ukuba ukuba urhulumente usebenzisa umbono wokuziphatha kunye nomdla wakhe kwisiphakamiso seGeneral Dynamics, uya kuqonda ukuba impilo kunye nokusinda kwendalo kuyo nayiphi na indawo yehlabathi akunakuhlukaniswa neyethu… ukwandisa esi sixhobo sezixhobo yingcinga embi nje.