NguTamara Lorincz, Agasti 4, 2020
Izishoshovu zokuthula zaseCanada seziqalile ukwenza umfutho wokumisa uhulumeni waseLiberal ngaphansi kukaNdunankulu uJustin Trudeau ekusebenziseni imali eyizigidigidi ezingama-19 zamarandi amajezi amasha angama-88. NgoLwesihlanu, ngoJulayi 24, saba nomcimbi wokukhumbula usuku lonke Shaya Ukuthula Kwesimo Sezulu, Azikho Izindiza Ze-Fighter New. Kunezenzo ezingama-22 ezweni lonke, sime ngaphandle kwamahhovisi esifunda samaLungu ethu ePhalamende (MP) sinezimpawu futhi sawahambisa izincwadi. Qhafaza lapha ukubuka izithombe namavidiyo kusuka osukwini lomsebenzi.
Usuku Lwesenzo lwenzeka isonto elilodwa ngaphambi kokuthi amabhidi abe ngenxa yomncintiswano we-jet fighter. Abenzi bezikhali bafaka iziphakamiso zabo kuhulumeni waseCanada ngoLwesihlanu, ngoJulayi 31. Kulomncintiswano kubalwa umuntu oshaye into ecokeme uFileheed Martin's F-35, uBoeing's Super Hornet noGripen weSAB. Uhulumeni waseTrudeau uzokhetha indiza entsha yokulwa ekuqaleni kuka-2022. Njengoba indiza ingakhethwanga futhi inkontileka ingazange isayinwe, siqinisa ingcindezi kuhulumeni waseCanada ukuthi awususe ngokuphelele lo mncintiswano.
Usuku Lokusebenza lwaholwa yi-Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, World BEYOND War kanye ne-Peace Brigades International-Canada futhi basekelwa amaqembu amaningi okuthula. Kubandakanya abantu emigwaqweni kanye nomkhankaso wokuxhumana nabezenhlalo wokuqhakambisa ukuqwashisa komphakathi nangokwepolitiki mayelana nokuphikisana kwethu nohulumeni ethenga izindiza ezintsha zokulwa ne-carbon. Sisebenzise ama-hashtags #NoNewFighterJets kanye ne #ClimatePeace ukuhambisa ukuthi la majethi avimbela kanjani ukuthula nobulungiswa besimo sezulu.
Ogwini olusentshonalanga, kunezenzo ezine eBritish Columbia. Enhlokodolobha yesifundazwe, iVictoria Peace Coalition ikhombise ngaphandle kwehhovisi lePhalamende leNew Democratic Party (NDP) uLaurel Collins. I-NDP isekela ngokudabukisayo ukutholwa kukahulumeni wobumbano ngamajezi amasha alwayo njengoba kushiwo kuwo Ipulatifomu yokhetho ka-2019. I-NDP icele nokuthi kwandiswe imali ezosetshenziswa kwezempi kanye nemishini eyengeziwe yezempi ngemuva kokukhishwa kwenqubomgomo yezokuvikela Kuqiniswe Ukuvikelwa Okuqinile e 2017.
ESidney, uDkt Jonathan Down wagqoka izikwati zakhe futhi wabamba uphawu oluthi “Medicine Not Misiles” njengoba emi nabanye World BEYOND War izishoshovu ezingaphandle kwehhovisi lePhalamende leGreen Party u-Elizabeth May. Yize i-Green Party yaseCanada iphikisana ne-F-35, ayiphumanga nokumelana nokuthengwa kwe-fighter jet. Kuyo Ipulatifomu yokhetho ka-2019, I-Green Party yathi yeseka “uhlelo lokutshala imali olufana nolimi oluzinzile” ukuze amasosha abe nemishini ayidingayo. Izishoshovu zifuna i-Green Party ikhiphe isitatimende esikhanyayo, esingacacile ngokumelene nokuthengwa kwe iyiphi indiza yokulwa.
EVancouver, i- Inhlangano Yezizwe Yabesifazane Yokuthula Nenkululeko Canada wema phambi kwehhovisi likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela ePhalamende likaHarjit Sajjan. I-Liberal Party ithi iCanada idinga amajezi okulwela ukufeza izibopho zethu kwiNATO naseNORAD. Encwadini yabo eya kuNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela, i-WILPF-Canada yabhala ukuthi imali kumele iye ohlelweni lukazwelonke lokunakekela izingane kanye nezinye izinhlelo zokusiza abesifazane abanjengezindlu ezingabizi ukuthi zingashayi izindiza. E-Langley, World BEYOND War Isishoshovu uMilyn Konstapel uthole izindaba ezinhle kakhulu ngesenzo sakhe nezinye izishoshovu ngaphandle kwehhovisi likaMgcinimafa uTako Van Popta.
Emikhosini, uMkhandlu wamaRegina Peace Council ubambe isenzo ngaphandle kwehhovisi lika-MP Andrew Scheer, umholi weConservative Party, eSaskatchewan. UMongameli woMkhandlu, u-Ed Lehman, naye ushicilele incwadi eya kumhleli ephikisana nokuthengwa kwempahla yezokuvikela kuleli I-Saskatoon Star Phoenix iphephandaba. UJohman wabhala, “ICanada ayidingi izimbiza zokulwa; Kumele siyeke ukulwa futhi siqede nya ukuqeda ngomlilo emhlabeni jikelele we-UN. ”
Ngenkathi i-Conservative Party isemandleni kusukela ngonyaka we-2006 kuya kowezi-2015, uhulumeni oholwa uStephen Harper wafuna ukuthenga ama-F-65s, kepha wahluleka ukuqhubeka ngenxa yezimpikiswano ngentengo kanye nemvelo yomthombo wokutholwa kuphela. Isiphathimandla Sabhajethi Sephalamende sikhiphe umbiko ophonsela inselelo izindleko zikahulumeni zokuqagela i-F-35. Izishoshovu zokuthula zaqala nomkhankaso Abekho Abalweli Bozinti, okwadala ukuthi uhulumeni akuhlehlise ukuthenga. ILiberal Party yanamuhla ifuna ukuthenga izindiza ezingaphezulu kwezempi kunalezo ezenziwa yiConservative Party eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
EManitoba, i- I-Peace Alliance Winnipeg ukhombise ehhovisi lePhalamende laseLiberal uTerry Duguid, uNobhala wePhalamende kuNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo Noshintsho Kwezimo Zezulu. Engxoxweni ephephandabeni lendawo, usihlalo wale nhlangano uGlenn Michalchuk wachaza lawo majezi alwayo akhipha ukuphuma kwekhabhoni okwedlulele futhi anomthelela enkingeni yesimo sezulu, ngakho iCanada ayikwazi ukuyithenga futhi ifinyelele umgomo wethu weSivumelwano seParis.
Kunezenzo eziningana ezizungeze iSifundazwe sase-Ontario. Enhlokodolobha, amalungu e-Ottawa Peace Council, Pacifi kanye I-Peace Brigades International-Canada (I-PBI-Canada) ilethe izincwadi zakhombisa ngaphandle kwamahhovisi eLungu lePhalamende laseLiberal uDavid McGuinty, iLungu leLungu LaseLibya uCatherine McKenna, kanye nelungu lePhalamende laseLiberal u-Anita Vandenbeld. UBrent Patterson we-PBI-Canada waphikisana nge-blog iposi okwabiwa kabanzi ukuthi imisebenzi eminingi ingakhiwa emnothweni oluhlaza ngaphezu kokwakha ama-jets fighter ewasho ucwaningo ukusuka Izindleko zeProjekthi Yezempi.
E-Ottawa naseToronto, abakwaRiding Grannies bagasele emahhovisi ePhalamende labo futhi bakhipha nengoma entsha ethi "Sisikhiphe ku-Jet Game. ” Pax Christi Toronto kanye World BEYOND War babambe i-rally enezimpawu ezinemibala egqamile, ezinjenge- "Cool Your Jets, Support a Green New Deal instead" ngaphandle kwehhovisi leLungu LePhalamende LikaJulie Dabrusin. Phambi kwesakhiwo sehhovisi lePhini likaNdunankulu nePhalamende uChrystia Freeland, bekukhona isixuku esikhulu esinamalungu eCanada Voice of Women for Peace kanye ne Iqembu lamaKhomanisi laseCanada uMarxist-Leninist (CPCML).
The Ukubambisana kukaHamilton Ukumisa Impi babenemascot e-furry embukisweni wabo ngaphandle kwehhovisi lePhalamende lePhalamende leFilomena Tassi eHamilton. UKen Stone waletha inja yakhe yaseLabrador uFeliksi ngesigaqa sayo semuva "Asidingi Jeet fitness, sidinga ubulungiswa besimo sezulu." Iqembu limasha kwathi uKen wanikeza ukuvuselela inkulumo esixukwini esabuthana.
ECollingwood, I-Pivot2Peace bacule futhi babhikishe ngaphandle kwehhovisi likaMgcinisihlalo we-Conservative Terry Dowdall. Ku interview nabezindaba basendaweni, esinye sezishoshovu sathi, "Ngokulwa nezinkinga esinazo manje, izindiza zempi azisizi ngalutho." UMkhandlu Wokuthula ePeterborough uhlanganyele ngaphandle kwehhovisi leLungu LePhalamende LaseLiberal uMaryam Monsef obuye abe nguNgqongqoshe Wezabesifazane Nokulingana Ngokobulili ukuba umcele ukuba "alwe nokuthula hhayi impi." UJo Hayward-Haines woMkhandlu Wokuthula wasePeterborough ushicilele i- Incwadi ephephandabeni lendawo linxusa uMonsef, ongowase-Afghan-Canadian futhi owaziyo ngemithelela emibi yempi, ukwesulwa kwendiza yokulwa.
Izishoshovu nge-KW Peace futhi Unembeza Canada uhlanganiswe namalungu esonto likaMennonite ukuhlangana ngaphandle kwehhovisi lePhalamende laseMelika uRaj Saini eKitchener kanye neLiberal MP uBardish Chagger eWaterloo. Babephethe izibonakaliso eziningi kanye nesibhengezo esikhulu esithi “Demilitarize, Decarbonize. Misa Izimpi, Misa Ukushisa ”futhi wasakaza amapheshana. Izimoto eziningi zahlonipha ukwesekwa.
EMontreal, eQuebec, amalungu e-Canadian Voice of Women for Peace kanye ne-CPCML ame ngaphandle kwehhovisi leLungu leLungu Lombuso u-Rachel Bendayan e-Outremont. Bajoyinwa amalungu e Isikhungo Senqubomgomo Yezangaphandle yaseCanada (CFPI). Umqondisi weCFPI uBianca Mugyenyi ushicilele incwadi enamandla eThee “Cha, iCanada ayidingi ukuchitha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-19 kumaJet Fighters. ” Ugxekile ukuthunyelwa okudlayo nokubhubhisayo kwangaphambilini kwezindiza ezindizayo zaseCanada eSerbia, Libya, Iraq naseSyria.
Ogwini olusempumalanga, amalungu e-Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace abhikishe ngaphandle kweHhovisi leLungu lePhalamende u-Andy Fillmore eHalifax kanye nasehhovisi lePhalamende lePhalamende likaDkt Darren Fischer eDartmouth. Abesifazane babenophawu olukhulu oluthi "Ama-fighter jets awakwazi ukulwa nobulili, ukucwasa, ubuphofu, iCCID 19, ukungalingani, ingcindezelo, ukungabi namakhaya, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu." Bafuna ukwenziwa intando yeningi nokuguqulwa kwezimboni zezikhali esifundazweni zibe ngumnotho onakekelayo. Inkampani yase-Nova Scotia ese-Imp group iyingxenye yebhidi ye-SAAB Gripen futhi inxenxa uhulumeni wobumbano ukuthi athathe indiza yokulwa yaseSweden, ngakho-ke ingahlangana futhi iqhubeke nokuyigcina e-hangar yenkampani eHalifax.
U-Lockheed Martin unendawo enkulu eCanada enamahhovisi eHalifax nase Ottawa. NgoFebhuwari, inkampani yafaka amaphosta ezitobhini zamabhasi ezungeze isakhiwo sePhalamende enhlokodolobha ikhipha izinzuzo zomsebenzi zabasebenza ngokungahambi kahle. Kusukela ngo-1997, uhulumeni waseCanada usebenzise imali engaphezulu kuka- $ 540 million USD ukubamba iqhaza kwinhlanganisela yokuthuthukiswa kwe-F-35. I-Australia, iDenmark, i-Italiya, i-Netherlands, i-Norway ne-United Kingdom bayingxenye ye-Consortium futhi sebazithengile lezi zimbangi. Abahlaziyi abaningi bezokuvikela balindela ukuthi iCanada ilandele ababambeli bayo bese ukhetha i-F-35. Lokhu yikho kanye kanye esizama ukukuyeka.
Siyethemba ukuthi ngengcindezelo eyanele yokuthi singaphoqa uhulumeni waseLibya oholwa yiTrudeau ukuthi ahlehlise noma akhansele ukuthengwa kwezindiza. Ukuze siphumelele, sidinga ukunyakaza kokuhlangana nobumbano lwamazwe omhlaba. Sizama ukuthola ukusekelwa okuvela emaqenjini ezemvelo kanye nomphakathi wezenkolo. Siyethemba futhi ukuthi umkhankaso wethu uzoholela ekubonisweni okubucayi kanye nenkulumompikiswano enkulu yomphakathi mayelana nempi nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi eCanada. Nge World BEYOND War Ngonyaka olandelayo e-Ottawa, amaqembu okuthula aseCanada aba nengqungquthela enkulu yokuthula yamazwe omhlaba Divest, Disarm futhi Demilitarize nombhikisho we BONISA izingalo zeSANSEC lapho esizophonsela khona inselelo yezempi-yezimboni futhi sicele ukuthi kukhanseliwe ukuthengiswa kwempahla ye-fighter jet. Siyethemba ukuthi uzoba nathi enhlokodolobha yaseCanada kusuka ngoJuni 1-6, 2021!
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngathi Akunama-New Fighter Jets umkhankaso, vakashela Izwi LaseCanada Labesifazane Iwebhusayithi bese usayina kwethu World BEYOND War isikhalazo.
UTamara Lorincz uyilungu le-Canadian Voice of Women for Peace ne World BEYOND War Ibhodi Yezeluleko.
