Ngu-Brent Patterson, Ephreli 14, 2020
Kusukela I-Peace Bureau International - eCanada
Ngo-April 14, The Guardian kubika ukuthi i-BAE Systems idayise u-£15bn ezingalweni nasezinkonzweni ebuthweni lezempi laseSaudi esikhathini seminyaka emihlanu phakathi kuka-2015 no-2019.
I-£ 15 billion cishe i-CAD $ 26.3 billion.
Leso sihloko sicaphuna u-Andrew Smith we-UK-based Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) othi, “Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule kube nenhlekelele enesihluku yokusiza abantu baseYemen, kodwa ku-BAE bekuyibhizinisi njengenjwayelo. Impi yenzeke ngenxa yezinkampani zezikhali kanye nohulumeni abahlangene abazimisele ukuyisekela.”
I-Ottawa-based Coalition toamele I-Arms Trade (COAT) iphawule ukuthi iCanada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) yayine $ 9 million otshalwe imali kuma-BAE Systems ngonyaka ka-2015 no $ 33 million ngowezi-2017/18. Mayelana nesibalo esingu- $ 9 million, World Beyond War ine kuphawulwe, "Lokhu kutshalwa kwemali e-UK BAE, akekho kuxhaso lweMelika."
Lezi zibalo ziveza nokuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-CPPIB e-BAE kunyuke ngemuva kokuba iSaudi Arabia iqale i-airstrikes yayo ngokumelene neY Yemen Mashi 2015.
I-Guardian iyanezela, “Sekubulawe izinkulungwane zezakhamizi kusukela kwaqala impi yombango eYemen ngoMashi 2015 ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngokungakhethi yinhlangano eholwa yiSaudi ehlinzekwa yi-BAE nabanye abakhi bezikhali baseNtshonalanga. Umbutho wezempi wombuso usolwa ngokuba yimbangela yabaningi kwabangu-12,600 ababulawa ezigamekweni ezihlosiwe.”
Leyo ndatshana ibuye iveze nokuthi, "Ukuthunyelwa kwezingalo zaseBrithani eziya eSaudi okwakungasetshenziswa e-Yemen kwamiswa ehlobo lika-2019 ngenkathi iNkantolo yokuDluliswa kwamaCala ikhipha isinqumo sokuthi ngoJuni ka-2019 akukho ukuhlolwa okusemthethweni okwenziwe ngabefundisi ukubona ukuthi ngabe iSaudi Arabia Umfelandawonye ubephule umthetho wezenhlangano yabantu. ”
“Uhulumeni wase-UK unxuse iNkantolo Ephakeme ukuba ichithwe lesi sinqumo, kodwa isinqumo seNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala sisasebenza kuze kube inkantolo ephakeme yase-UK iphothula ukubuyekezwa kwaleli cala.”
Ngo-Okthoba 2018, Global News kubika ukuthi ungqongqoshe wezeziMali waseCanada uBill Morneau wabuzwa mayelana “nempahla ye-CPPIB enkampanini kagwayi, umkhiqizi wezikhali zamasosha kanye namafemu aphethe amajele azimele aseMelika.”
Leso sihloko siyanezela, “UMorneau uphendule ngokuthi imenenja yempesheni, eyengamele ngaphezu kuka-$366 wezigidigidi zezimpahla ze-CPP, iphila ngokuvumelana ‘nezindinganiso eziphakeme zokuziphatha nokuziphatha’.”
Ngaso leso sikhathi, okhulumela i-Canada Pension Plan Investment Board nako Waphendula, "Inhloso ye-CPPIB ukuthola inani eliphakeme lokubuya ngaphandle kwengozi yokulahleka okungadingekile. Le nhloso eyodwa isho ukuthi i-CPPIB ayivezi imali oyitshalile ngokuya ngesimo senhlalo, inkolo, ezomnotho noma ezombusazwe. ”
Ngo-Ephreli 2019, iLungu lePhalamende u-Alistair MacGregor kuphawulwe ukuthi ngokwemibhalo eshicilelwe ngo-2018, "i-CPPIB iphinde ibambe amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi kosonkontileka abanjengoGeneral Dynamics noRaytheon ..."
UMacGregor wengeza ngokuthi ngoFebhuwari 2019, wethula “Umthethosivivinywa Welungu Langasese C-431 e-House of Commons, ozochibiyela izinqubomgomo zokutshalwa kwezimali, izindinganiso nezinqubo ze-CPPIB ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi zihambisana nemikhuba yokuziphatha kanye nezabasebenzi, abantu, kanye nokucatshangelwa kwamalungelo emvelo.”
UMacGregor utshele i-Peace Brigades International-Canada ngalo mthetho lapho sihlangana naye ehhovisi lesifunda sakhe e-Duncan, eBritish Columbia ngoNovemba 2019 ohambweni lokumela amazwe ahlukahlukene olwaluhlanganisa abavikeli bamalungelo abantu baseColombia.
Ukuze ufunde umbhalo ogcwele womthetho, sicela ubone UMTHETHOSIVIVINYO C-431 Umthetho wokuchibiyela uMthetho Webhodi Lokutshala Imali Lohlelo Lwempesheni YaseCanada (utshalomali). Ngemuva kokhetho lukazwelonke lwango-Okthoba 2019, iMacGregor yethula umthethosivivinywa futhi ngoFebhuwari 26, 2020 njengo. UBill C-231. Ukubona ividiyo yemizuzu emi-2 yethulwa endlini, sicela uchofoze lapha.
