Ngubani Utshaba? Ukuhlawulwa kweMilitarism kunye naMaziko eNgxowa-mali kwiXabiso leNtlalo eCanada

NguGqirha Saul Arbess, uMsunguli weeNkampani kunye neLungu leBhodi, Iphulo laseCanada loXolo, ngo-Novemba 8, 2020

Njengokuba iCanada icinga nge-post-COVID yehlabathi kunye nabemi kuyo yonke indawo bewuqwalasele umba wokubuyiselwa kwamapolisa asemkhosini, kufuneka sijolise kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi lwaseCanada olonyuke ukusuka kwi- $ 18.9 yezigidigidi kwi-2016-17, ukuya kwi-32.7B yeedola kwi-2019-20. Ngaphantsi komgaqo-nkqubo wase-Canada wokhuselo we-2017, urhulumente wobumbano uzakuchitha i-553 yezigidigidi kwezokhuseleko kuzwelonke kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini izayo. Iindleko ezinkulu zokuthenga zezi: iijets zokulwa ezingama-88 F-35; Iprojekthi yokulwa umphezulu waseKhanada kunye neProjekthi yokuDibanisa iShiphu yeProjekthi; Iinqanawa ezimbini zokuhambisa, ngoku ziphantsi koqwalaselo loyilo; Imijukujelwa kunye neendleko ezinxulumene noko kwiinqwelo-moya zayo ze-CF 118. Olu qikelelo alubandakanyi ukuthunyelwa emkhosini-umzekelo, i-18B yeedola echithwe kwimishini yokulwa engenamsebenzi e-Afghanistan, apho singakhange sihambise umnxeba ususe i-Taliban.

Kufuneka iqatshelwe into yokuba uyilo lweefrithi zaselwandle olutsha lubandakanya amandla okuthatha inxaxheba kwi-Ballistic Missile Defense, eqala ukuzibophelela eCanada kwesi sicwangciso singenaxabiso elingenasiphelo. NgoJuni 2019, iOfisi yoHlahlo-lwabiwo mali yasePalamente yaqulunqa uqikelelo lweendleko lweenqanawa ezintsha, beqikelela ukuba le nkqubo izakubiza phantse i-70 yezigidigidi zeerandi kule kota-yenkulungwane izayo- $ 8 yezigidigidi ngaphezulu koqikelelo lwangaphambili. Amaxwebhu aseburhulumenteni angaphakathi, ngo-2016, aqikelela iindleko zokusebenza zizonke, ngaphezulu kobomi benkqubo, ngaphezulu kwe- $ 104B. Lonke olu tyalo mali lolokulwa imfazwe ephezulu. Kufuneka sibuze: ngubani utshaba esilwa nalo ngokuchasene nezi ndleko zinkulu? 

NgoJuni 11, 2020, Imithombo yeendaba yaseCanada yaxela ukuba uSekela Mphathiswa weSebe lezoKhuselo, u-Jody Thomas, wathi akafumananga nto kurhulumente wezomthetho ukuba uzimisele ukunciphisa inkcitho eyandisiweyo kwezomkhosi, ngaphandle kwentsilelo yomanyano kunye nemfuno ebalulekileyo ukulungiselela isithuba sokubuyisela kwakhona i-COVID-19 eCanada. Uye wabonisa ukuba: “… amagosa ayaqhubeka nokusebenza ekuthengeni okucwangcisiweyo kweenqanawa zemfazwe, iinqwelomoya nezinye izixhobo.” 

Thelekisa oku kunye notyalo mali olucwangciswe ngurhulumente malunga notshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokusingqongileyo, malunga ne- $ 1.8B ngonyaka. Oku kuncinci kusizi, xa sijonga iingxaki esijamelana nazo, sicinga ukuba kuya kubakho intsholongwane enye kuphela yobhubhane wangoku. ICanada ifuna uguquko kuqoqosho oluluhlaza, kude nemveliso yeefosili, ukubandakanya utshintsho olunobulungisa kunye nokuqeqeshwa kwakhona kwabasebenzi abafudukayo. Kukho isidingo sotyalo-mali olungaqhelekanga kuqoqosho olutsha ukwenza intshukumo yokunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu, uzinzo kwindalo esingqongileyo kunye nobulungisa kwezentlalo, obuya kunceda bonke abantu baseCanada. Asifuni ukwanda kotyalo-mali kwizinto ezingenako ukuhlangula ixabiso loluntu ngokulungiselela ngokungapheliyo imfazwe.

Ziza kuvela phi iimali zotyalo-mali? Ngokuguqula inkcitho enkulu yomkhosi ukuba iye kule misebenzi ibalulekileyo. Imikhosi yaseCanada kufuneka incitshiswe iye kwinqanaba elaneleyo lokukhusela ubukhosi bethu, kodwa ingenakho ukusebenza njengempi phesheya, ezinje ngemisebenzi ye-NATO engathandabuzekiyo kwihlabathi liphela. Endaweni yoko, iCanada kufuneka ikhokele ekuxhaseni i-UN Emergency Peace Service (i-UNEPS), indawo emileyo ye-UN ye-14-15000 yabasebenzi abazinikeleyo eyilelwe ukuthintela ukungqubana kwezixhobo nokukhusela abantu. Imikhosi yaseCanada kufuneka inyuse ngokubonakalayo inxaxheba yayo kwimisebenzi yoxolo ye-UN eye yehla kufutshane nabasebenzi be-zero.

I-UNEPS inokunciphisa ngokugqibeleleyo isidingo sethu somkhosi wesizwe ngaphaya kokuzikhusela. Endaweni yoko, indima yethu kufanele ukuba ibe njengamandla aphakathi angenabundlobongela afuna isisombululo sengxoxo esingenabundlobongela. Sinokuba nomkhosi ovaliweyo kunye nokuqina okulungele ukulwa ukulwa neentshaba ezingagqitywanga, okanye ukubuyisela emva kokuphumelela kwe-COVID okuphucula umgangatho wobomi kunye nezenzo ezizinzileyo kubantu bethu. Asinakukwazi ukuzifikelela zombini.