ngoMathewu Behrens, September 28, 2018, amarabi.ca
Njengoba amaqembu ezepolitiki amakhulu eCanada elungiselela ukhetho lwango-2019, kunodaba olulodwa abazovumelana ngalo bonke: ngeke kube nenselelo emnothweni wezimpi waseCanada oshubile.
Ngenkathi amaqembu aphiko olufanele azogxeka ekubhekaneni nokulahlekelwa kukahulumeni nokusetshenziswa okungalungile (ukuhlasela okuvame ukuhloswe kuzo izinhlelo zenhlalo ezizosebenza kahle futhi zizokwenza kangcono uma zixhaswa ngokufanele), uMnyango Wezempi wezwe awutholi ukugxekwa okunjalo, ngisho nalapho Ukuphathwa kabi kwezimali kuwukuthi kuhlelwe kahle.
Ngakho-ke kuyingqikithi yenkolelo yaseCanada esiteji sezwe sokuthi akekho ovela kuma-NDP, amaLiberal noma ama-Conservatives azophakamisa i-scintilla yokuphikisana ngokuphathelene namanje Ukutshalwa kwezimali ngonyaka we-20-billion enhlanganweni evame ukukhiqiza ukuhlolwa kwezimali okungaqondakali, iyaqhubeka nokufaka indima yayo emacaleni empi njengokuhlukumeza amajele ase-Afghan, futhi iphathisa abakwa-veterans bayo ngokungahloniphi okungenakuqondakala.
Kuze kube manje, akekho ohlezi ePhalamende oye walahla enye yezobugebengu obuphambili kakhulu ezivela kwabampofu owake waqhutshwa u-Ottawa: ukuziphatha okubi nokungafuneki ngokuphelele kwe-$ 60 billion-kanye nokutshala imali kulesi sizukulwane esisha semikhumbi yempi. Umnyango Wezempi usuvele ususebenzise ngaphezulu amabhidi okubuyekezwa kwezigidi ezingu-$ 39 ezinkontileka zempi, futhi ukufuna imali eyengeziwe engu-$ 54 million ukuze iqhubeke nokukwenza kanjalo, njengoba ivuma ukuthi ayiyazi ukuthi izimpi zempi zizogcina zibiza kangakanani (isimemezelo kumabhizinisi ezinkampani okuzokhokhisa noma yini abayifunayo kusukela ekugcineni, bayazi ukuthi i-Ottawa izokwenyuka) . Uhulumeni wesifundazwe usuvele ukhona osolwa ngokugqekeza amabhidi, kunikezwa ukuthi kubonakala sengathi kuthanda inkampani ehlobene nama-Irving Shipyards.
Ngisho nokucabanga ukuthi imigwaqo emikhulu enjalo iyadingeka - okuyiyona engeyona - ukunganaki izimpilo zamasosha okuphathwa ngazo ngenkathi kuthengwa izimpi kuyacasula kakhulu. Ngempela, ngesikhathi sempikiswano ezwiwe enkantolo yezokuhweba yasehlobo, eCanada waphikisana ukuthi akunaso isibopho sokuqinisekisa ukuthi imishini ayithenga ngempela isebenza. Le mpikiswano yayiyinkinga yokwehluleka kwabo okuvunyelwe ukuhlola ukuhlolwa nokuthengwa kwamathuluzi asanda kuthengwa kumlindi wezempi nogwini. Umlayezo emasotsha nabasolwandle uyacaca: asinaso isibopho sokuqinisekisa ukuthi unendawo yokusebenzela ephephile, futhi uma ulimaza emsebenzini ngenxa yokunganakwa kwethu, uzochitha iminyaka ulwa nabase-Veterans Affairs ukuthola izinzuzo.
Impi yokunakekela izingane
Ukusiza ukuphazamisa kulokhu kwehluleka ukubeka phambili ukunakekelwa kwezingane ezimpini nasezindlini ezingaphezu kwama-drones namabhomu amasha, amaLiberal aqhubeka nokudansa mayelana nesigaba somhlaba njengabantu abazibiza ngabesifazane, kusukela ekusingatheni umhlangano omenyezelwe ngempelasonto eMontreal wabaphathiswa besifazane bezangaphandle. ukudalwa okuhlekisayo kwenxusa elisha labesifazane, ukuthula nokuphepha.
"Isikhundla esisha samanxusa engimemezele namuhla yisinyathelo esisodwa emzamweni wethu oqhubekayo wokufaka inyama emathanjeni ale nqubomgomo yezangaphandle," kusho uChrystia Freeland wathi ngokuziqhenya, ephinda le mantra ngokuthi uhulumeni wakhe ukhulu kangakanani isekela amalungelo abesifazane njengamalungelo abantu. Kodwa-ke uFreeland uyaqhubeka nokuvumela ukuthengiswa kwezikhali emibusweni yamazwe angama-misogynist (USA, Saudi Arabia) futhi uthule njengoba uhulumeni wakhe exhasa uMnyango Wezempi ukulimaza abesifazane.
Ngempela, wonke ama dollar awela phansi emgodini wokulwela impi angasetshenziswa ukuvimbela ukubulawa okungapheli kwabesifazane kuleli zwe (owesifazane manje ushona wonke umuntu eCanada ngendoda). Umfelandawonye wezindawo zokukhosela abesifazane ukhiphe okusha umbiko ukhumbuza abantu baseCanada ukuthi:
“Inhloso yethu ukubona iCanada lapho wonke umuntu wesifazane ophila nodlame ekwazi ukuthola amazinga nezinsizakalo ezifanayo nokuvikelwa, noma ngabe uhlala kuphi. Njengamanje, akunjalo. ICanada njengamanje inecebo likahulumeni mayelana nodlame olusekelwe ebusheni. Ukufinyelela kwayo kukhawulelwe ezindaweni ezibophezelekile kuhulumeni wesifundazwe ngakho-ke akufuni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abesifazane kuzo zonke izindawo zezwe bathola amazinga afanayo ezinsizakalo nokuvikelwa. ”
Phakathi kwezithiyo abesifazane ababhekene nazo kukhona “ukuvikelwa komthetho okuncane, ukungasekelwa ngokwenele kwezenhlalakahle nezindlu, ukuxhaswa ngemali nokwenyuswa kwemali okwanele, ukuqoqwa kwedatha nokuqapha, kanye nolwazi oluxubene nolugqagqene.” Ngesikhathi besenhlanganweni yeZizwe Ezihlangene kuleli sonto, uFreeland noTrudeau abakhulumanga ukuthi kungani behlulekile ukusebenzisa uhlelo lukazwelonke olugunyazwe yi-UN lokuqeda udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane namantombazane.
Ngenkathi izinhlobo ezinomqondo ovulekile zikhanya kuTwitter nakuFacebook ngomhlangano wabesifazane eMontreal, bambalwa abakhomba ukuthi abalingani bakaFreeland baseSweden nabaseNingizimu Afrika, ngokwesibonelo, baphethe izikhali ukuthumela ngaphandle ukuthi njalo agcina amazwe abo emazingeni aphezulu ezingaphandle.
UBeatrice Fihn, umqondisi omkhulu we-International Campaign yokuqothula izikhali ze-Nuclear Weapons, wathi ukuthi ukubiza umuntu ngenqubomgomo yamazwe angaphandle njengowesifazane “kuyisinyathelo esikhulu, ngoba kusivulela ithuba lokuthi singene ngezimfuno ezithile, njengokuthi: siyeke ukuthengisa izikhali eSaudi Arabia noma sisayine iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi.” (ICanada iyenqaba ukusayina isivumelwano sezikhali zenuzi futhi iyaqhubeka nokuma ngezikhali zayo eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 15 ezithengiselwa iSaudis).
Ubumpofu buqhubeka bukhula
Ngenkathi isimo sezwe seTrudeau-Freeland siqhubeka sikhula, i-Ottawa nayo ibuye ikhule kumemezela isu “elinombono” lokunciphisa ubuphofu ngamaphesenti ambalwa ngonyaka ka-2030 (kucatshangwa ukuthi kulungile ukuthi sishiye esinye isizukulwane sihlushwa indlala nokungabi namakhaya eminye iminyaka eyishumi nambili). Kepha ngaleli su, bamemezele ukuthi akukho neyodwa indibilishi ekusetshenzisweni kwemali entsha ukufeza le nhloso. Ngenkathi izimali zitholakala ngokusobala ukuqeda ubuphofu eCanada kusasa, intando yezepolitiki ayikho nje.
Naphezu kweminyaka engamashumi eminyaka yokwazisa ngomngane mayelana nokusiza labo abangenawo imali, izinga lobubha kuleli lizwe lingazange lishintshe iminyaka engamashumi amabili edlule. NjengaseCanada ngaphandle kobumpofu amaphuzu ngaphandle, abantu ababalelwa ezigidini ezinhlanu eCanada babhekwa ngokusemthethweni ukuthi baphila ngobumpofu.
Ngo-1971, u-Ian Adams, uWilliam Cameron, uBrian Hill noPeter Henz - bonke ababesulile ekomitini leSenate elalibhekele ukutadisha ubumpofu lapho sekucaca ukuthi amaseneta ayengenandaba nokuqeda izimbangela zobumpofu - babhala olwabo ucwaningo, Umbiko Wezobuphofu. Ekhumbuza abafundi ukuthi "ukuba mpofu emphakathini wethu ukuhlupheka ngezinhlobo ezimbi kakhulu zodlame olwenziwa ngabantu kwabanye abantu," baqhubeka babuza umbuzo ofanele, ongavamisile ukubuzwa yilabo abasempilweni yezepolitiki:
“Yimiphi imiphumela emphakathini othi unohlelo lwentando yeningi, ethokozela ukubanjwa ngengcebo namandla ezomnotho ngendlela ebabazekayo engafinyeleleki emazweni amaningi emhlabeni, kepha ivumela umuntu oyedwa kwabahlanu wabantu ukuthi aphile futhi afe kumjikelezo usizi olungancediwe? ”
Bakhunjuzwa esifundweni sabo sencazelo kaJean-Paul Sartre yabantu abacebile, efanelana kahle nabakwaTrudeau Liberals, “abanamandla okukhipha izinguquko zabangcono kodwa abasebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuqhubekisela phambili amaqola asendulo ngenkathi bethi bayizinhloso zobuntu . ” Ngisho nango-1971, ngesikhathi lapho abaqambi bezinganekwane zobuzwe baseCanada babiza iCanada ngokungafanele njengombuso onokuthula, ababhali bathi “iCanada kule minyaka edlule iye yabela imali ethe xaxa yezindleko zempi kunaleyo eyenze enhlalakahleni yomphakathi.”
Ngenkathi isidingo sokutshalwa kwezindlu ngokushesha kanye nokusekelwa kwezimali kungenakudlula, izimali ziyaqhubeka nokugeleza kwenye indawo, ikakhulukazi ezempi. Inani elimangalisayo lemali elilahliwe lihlanganisa i-bureau-heavy bureaucracy, kanye nenani labahlonishwayo nabaphathi ikhulile I-60 ngamaphesenti kusukela ku-2003 (naphezu kwezempi ngokwayo ekhulayo kuphela ngamaphesenti angu-2 phakathi naleso sikhathi). UMnyango wezeMpi wamanje uJonathan Vance akanamahloni ngokuthi isibalo samadoda esilula nge-Ottawa ngesaladi esikhulu sesithelo esifubeni, futhi empeleni uhlela ukwandisa izinombolo zabo, ikakhulukazi kusukela u-Ottawa izobe isetshala kahle ngaphezu kwe $ 1 billion indawo entsha ukuze uMnyango Wezempi uhambe nesakhiwo esingu- $ 800-million esakhiweni esasiyiNortel campus ngasentshonalanga yedolobha.
Ekugcineni, naphezu kokumomotheka okujabulisayo nokubambelela emuva kwamaphutha amaphuzu okukhulumela abesifazane, amaLibhali kanye nabangane bawo kuwo wonke amaphalamende ePhalamende wonke aqhubeke nokubusa emphakathini ukuthi, ngokuchitha okuningi kakhulu empini kunezidingo zomphakathi, usondela, njengoba UMartin Luther King Jr. wabonisa ngokuphindaphindiwe, ukufa okungokomoya. Kungaba umbono omuhle ngaphambi kokuzithandela noma ukunikela kula maqembu ezombangazwe ukuthi abuze ukuthi umuntu ufuna ngempela ukufaka isandla ekufeni okungokomoya.
UMatthew Behrens ungumbhali ozimele futhi ummeli wezobulungiswa kwezenhlalo oxhumanisa inethiwekhi yesenzo esiqondile iHomes not Bombs. Usebenze kakhulu nezinhloso ezibekiwe zephrofayili yaseCanada nase-US 'yezokuphepha kuzwelonke' iminyaka eminingi.
Isithombe: U-Adam Scotti / PMO
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