Ukuhlela Ngokumelene Nezempi YaseCanada

Ngokusho kweStockholm International Peace Research Institute, I-Canada iyindawo ye-17 enkulu kunazo zonke ezithumela ngaphandle kwempahla yezempi emhlabeni, futhi i umphakeli wezikhali omkhulu wesibili esifundeni saseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Izikhali eziningi zaseCanada zithunyelwa e-Saudi Arabia nakwamanye amazwe ahileleke ezingxabanweni ezinodlame eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNyakatho Afrika, nakuba lawa makhasimende abelokhu ethinteka ekwephuleni umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wobuntu. Nazi izibonelo ezimbalwa zokuthi uhwebo lwezikhali lwaseCanada lubukeka kanjani.

Kusukela ekuqaleni kokungenelela okuholwa yiSaudi eYemen ekuqaleni kuka-2015, iCanada ithumele izikhali ezingaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.8 eSaudi Arabia, ikakhulukazi izimoto ezihlomile ezikhiqizwa ngumbonisi we-CANSEC GDLS. Manje onyakeni wayo wesishiyagalombili, impi yaseYemen isibulale abantu abangaphezu kuka-400,000, futhi yadala inkinga embi kakhulu yabantu emhlabeni. Ukuhlaziya okuphelele yizinhlangano zomphakathi zaseCanada zibonise ngokukholakala ukuthi lokhu kudluliselwa kwakha ukwephulwa kwezibopho zaseCanada ngaphansi kweSivumelwano Sokuhweba Ngezikhali (ATT), esilawula ukuhwebelana nokudluliswa kwezikhali, kunikezwe izehlakalo ezibhalwe kahle zokuhlukunyezwa kweSaudi izakhamuzi zayo kanye nabantu baseYemen.

Ngo 2022, ICanada yathumela impahla yezempi engaphezu kuka-$21 million kwa-Israyeli. Lokhu kufaka okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi ezi-3 kumabhomu, ama-torpedoes, imicibisholo ecitshwayo, nezinye iziqhumane. (Funda kabanzi ngalokhu ngokusebenzisa yethu Ikhasi lomkhankaso weCanada Stop Arming Israel)

I-Canadian Commercial Corporation, isikhungo sikahulumeni esilawula izivumelwano phakathi kwabathumeli bezikhali baseCanada kanye nohulumeni bangaphandle bahwebe ngesivumelwano sika-$234 million ngo-2022 sokudayisa izindiza ezinophephela emhlane eziyi-16 zeBell 412 kwezempi yasePhilippines. Selokhu akhethwa ngo-2016, umbuso kamongameli wasePhilippine Rodrigo Duterte iphawulwe ukubusa kokwesaba osekubulale izinkulungwane ngaphansi komkhankaso wokulwa nezidakamizwa, okuhlanganisa nezintatheli, abaholi bezabasebenzi kanye nabalwela amalungelo abantu.

I-Canada iyizwe izisekelo zayo nezamanje ezakhelwe phezu kwempi yamakholoni ebilokhu yenza ngokuyinhloko injongo eyodwa–ukususa abantu boMdabu ezweni labo ukuze kukhishwe izinsiza. Leli fa liyadlala njengamanje ngodlame lwezempi oluqhubekisela phambili ukwenziwa kwamakholoni kulo lonke elase-Canada futhi ikakhulukazi izindlela labo abama emiqhudelwaneni yesimo sezulu, ikakhulukazi abantu boMdabu, abahlale behlaselwa futhi bagadwe amasosha aseCanada. Abaholi base-Wet'suwet'en, ngokwesibonelo, bayaluqonda udlame lwezwe olunempi babheke endaweni yabo njengengxenye yempi eqhubekayo yamakholoni kanye nephrojekthi yokuqothula isizwe iCanada eyenze iminyaka engaphezu kwe-150. Ingxenye yaleli fa futhi ibukeka njengezizinda zamasosha emhlabeni owebiwe, eziningi zazo eziqhubeka nokungcolisa nokulimaza imiphakathi nezindawo zabomdabu.

Ayikaze icace futhi indlela amaphoyisa amasosha enza ngayo udlame olubi ukusuka ogwini lusiya ogwini, ikakhulukazi olubhekiswe emiphakathini ecwasa ngokwebala. Ukwakhiwa kwezempi kwamaphoyisa kungase kubukeke njengempahla yezempi enikelwe ebuthweni lezempi, kodwa futhi nempahla yezempi ethengwayo (imvamisa ngokusebenzisa izisekelo zamaphoyisa), ukuqeqeshwa kwezempi kanye namaphoyisa (okuhlanganisa ngokusebenzisana kwamazwe ngamazwe nokuhwebelana, njengasePalestine naseColombia), kanye nokwanda kokwamukelwa kwamaqhinga ezempi.

Ukukhishwa kwayo kwekhabhoni okubabazekayo kukude kakhulu umthombo omkhulu kunazo zonke ezikhishwa uhulumeni, kodwa bakhululiwe kuzo zonke izinhloso zokunciphisa igesi ebamba ukushisa kazwelonke yase-Canada. Ingasaphathwa eyonakalisayo yokukhishwa kwezinto zemishini yempi (kusuka ku-uranium kuya ezinsimbi kuya ezintweni ezingandile zomhlaba) kanye nemfucumfucu yezimayini enobuthi ekhiqizwayo, ukucekelwa phansi okubi kwezinhlelo zemvelo okubangelwa amashumi ambalwa eminyaka adlule empi yaseCanada, kanye nomthelela wemvelo wezisekelo.

A umbiko ekhishwe ngo-Okthoba 2021 ikhombise ukuthi iCanada isebenzisa imali ephindwe ka-15 ekulweni nemingcele yemingcele yayo kunasezimalini zesimo sezulu okuhloswe ngazo ukusiza ukunciphisa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuxoshwa kwabantu ngenkani. Ngamanye amazwi, iCanada, elinye lamazwe abhekene nenkinga yesimo sezulu, ichitha imali eningi ekuhlomiseni imingcele yayo ukuze ivimbele abokufika ngaphandle kokubhekana nenkinga ephoqa abantu ukuthi babaleke emakhaya abo kwasekuqaleni. Konke lokhu ngenkathi ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali kweqa imingcele ngokuzikhandla nangokuyimfihlo, futhi izwe laseCanada lithethelela izinhlelo zalo zamanje zokuthenga. 88 izindiza zamabhomu ezintsha kanye nama-drones ayo okuqala ahlomile angenamuntu ngenxa yezinsongo ezizobangelwa isimo esiphuthumayo sezulu kanye nababaleki besimo sezulu.

Uma sikhuluma kabanzi, inkinga yesimo sezulu ingxenye enkulu idalwa futhi isetshenziswa njengezaba zokwanda kokufudumala kanye nempi. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi ukungenelela kwamasosha akwamanye amazwe empini yombango sekuphelile izikhathi 100 kungenzeka kakhulu lapho kukhona uwoyela noma igesi, kodwa impi nempi amalungiselelo empi ahola abathengi bakawoyela negesi (ibutho lase-US lilodwa elingunombolo # 1 wabathengi bamafutha planet). Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi udlame lwezempi oludingekayo ukuze kwebiwe izibaseli ezivela emazweni abomdabu, kodwa lawo mafutha angase asetshenziswe ekwenzeni udlame olubanzi, kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo esiza ukwenza isimo sezulu somhlaba singalungeli ukuphila komuntu.

Kusukela ngeSivumelwano saseParis sango-2015, izindleko zezempi zaminyaka yonke zaseCanada zikhuphuke ngo-95% zaya ku-$39 billion kusukela ngo-2023.

I-Canadian Forces inomshini omkhulu wokuxhumana nomphakathi ezweni, onabasebenzi be-PR besikhathi esigcwele abangaphezu kuka-600. Ukuputshuka okudalulwe ngonyaka odlule ukuthi uphiko lwezobunhloli bamasosha aseCanada lumbe ama-akhawunti enkundla yezokuxhumana ama-Ontarian ngokungemthetho ngesikhathi sodlame. Izikhulu zezobunhloli zeCanadian Forces ziphinde zaqapha futhi zahlanganisa imininingwane mayelana nenhlangano iBlack Lives Matter e-Ontario (njengengxenye yempendulo yamasosha kubhubhane lwe-COVID-19). Okunye ukuputshuka kwaveza ukuthi amasosha aseCanada asebenzise imali engaphezu kwesigidi samaRandi ekuqeqesheni inkulumo-ze eyimpikiswano exhumene neCambridge Analytica, okuyinkampani efanayo esenkabeni yehlazo lapho idatha yomuntu siqu yabasebenzisi be-Facebook abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-30 yatholwa ngokungemthetho futhi kamuva yanikezwa amaRiphabhulikhi uDonald Trump noTed Cruz ngemikhankaso yabo yezepolitiki. I-Canadian Forces futhi ithuthukisa amakhono ayo "emisebenzini yokuthonya," inkulumo-ze kanye nokumbiwa kwedatha emikhankasweni engaqondiswa kubantu baphesheya kwezilwandle noma kubantu baseCanada.

ICanada ikleliswe endaweni ye-16 ephezulu ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi emhlabeni jikelele ngesabelomali sokuvikela ngo-2022 esingaba ngu-7.3% weSabelomali Sombuso sisonke. Umbiko wakamuva wezindleko zokuvikela we-NATO ukhombisa ukuthi iCanada isendaweni yesithupha ephakeme kunawo wonke ama-NATO, ngama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-35 wokusetshenziswa kwezempi ngo-2022 - ukukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angama-75 kusukela ngo-2014.

Ngenkathi abaningi eCanada beqhubeka nokubambelela emcabangweni wezwe njengomlindi wokuthula omkhulu womhlaba, lokhu akusekelwa amaqiniso aphansi. Iminikelo yaseCanada yokugcina ukuthula eNhlanganweni Yezizwe ingaphansi kwephesenti elilodwa lalo lonke—umnikelo owedlula, ngokwesibonelo, kokubili iRussia neChina. UN izibalo kusukela ngoJanuwari 2022 kubonisa ukuthi iCanada ikleliswe ku-70 emazweni angu-122 angamalungu afaka isandla emisebenzini yokugcina ukuthula ye-UN.

Ngesikhathi sokhetho lukahulumeni lwango-2015, uNdunankulu uJustin Trudeau kungenzeka ukuthi wathembisa ukuthi uzophinde abophe iCanada “ekugcineni ukuthula” nokwenza leli zwe libe “izwi elinozwelo nelakhayo emhlabeni,” kodwa kusukela lapho uhulumeni esikhundleni salokho uzibophezele ekwandiseni ukusetshenziswa kwamandla kweCanada kwamanye amazwe. Inqubomgomo yezokuvikela yaseCanada, Uqinile, Uvikelekile, Uthembisene umshado kungenzeka ukuthi uzibophezele ukwakha ibutho lezempi elikwazi ukukhulisa amandla "empi" kanye "nokugcina ukuthula" ngokufanayo, kodwa ukubheka ukutshalwa kwezimali kwayo kwangempela kanye nezinhlelo kubonisa ukuzibophezela kweqiniso kokwangaphambili.

Kuze kube manje, isabelomali sika-2022 sihlongoze ukuqinisa “amandla aqinile” ebutho laseCanada “nokulungela ukulwa.”