Ngaphandle KwamaPolls Athandekayo, Ukuthengwa Komkhankaso Wokulwa Nendiza Yezempi Ngeke Kubelula

Ngu-Yves Engler, Novemba 24, 2020

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Ngaphandle kokuvota okuphakamisa ukuthi abantu abaningi baseCanada abazisekeli izindiza zempi ezisetshenziselwa ukubulala nokucekela phansi izinto emhlabeni wonke, uhulumeni wobumbano ubonakala ezimisele ukusebenzisa amashumi ezigidigidi zamadola ukukhulisa lelo khono.

Ngenkathi kunomnyakazo okhulayo wokuvimba ukuthengwa kwezindiza zempi yamaLiberal, kuzodinga ukugqugquzelwa okukhulu ukunqoba amandla amakhulu afuna ukunciphisa izindiza zempi ezintsha.

Ekupheleni kukaJulayi, uBoeing (Super Hornet), uSaab (Gripen) noLokheed Martin (F-35) bathumele amabhidi okwenza izindiza zempi zeCanada Air Force. Intengo yesitikha sezindiza zempi ezintsha ezingama-88 ingama- $ 19 billion. Noma kunjalo, ngokususelwa ku ukuthengwa okufanayo e-United States, izindleko eziphelele zemijikelezo yempilo yama-jets zingacishe ziphindwe kabili kunentengo yesitika.

Ukuphendula uhulumeni aqhubekele phambili nokuthengwa kwezindiza zempi, kuhlelwe umkhankaso wokuphikisana nokukhishwa kukahulumeni okukhulu. Sekube nezinsuku ezimbili zokusebenza emahhovisi ePhalamende amabili wamalungu ePhalamende ngokulwa nokuthengwa kwezindiza zempi, okuhlelwe ukuthi kube ngonyaka ka-2022.

Amakhulu abantu athumele ama-imeyili kuwo wonke amalungu ePhalamende ngalolu daba kanye ne-Canadian Foreign Policy Institute futhi World BEYOND War I-webinar yahlaba ukuthula ePhalamende ekuthengeni izindiza zempi yokulwa.

Umhla ka-Okthoba 15 “Inselele Ukuthengwa Kwezindiza Zempi zaseCanada eziyizigidi ezingama-19”Kulo mcimbi bekukhona ilungu lePhalamende leGreen Party kanye nomgxeki wakwamanye amazwe uPaul Manly, umgxeki wezokuvikela we-NDP uRandall Garrison noSenator Marilou McPhedran, kanye nesishoshovu uTamara Lorincz nembongi u-El Jones.

UManly ukhulume ngqo ngokumelene nokuthengwa kwezindiza zempi futhi muva nje wakhuliswa udaba ngesikhathi semibuzo eNdlu Yeminyango (Umholi weqembu eliluhlaza u-Annamie Paul i-echoed Ukuphikisana kukaManly nokuthengwa muva nje I-Hill Times ukuphawula).

Ngokwakhe, uMcPhedran uphakamise izinto eziza kuqala ezinengqondo kwizamba ezinkulu ezinikelwe ekuthengeni izindiza zempi. Okuphawuliwe elwa nePalestine, UGarrison alinganiswe. Uthe i-NDP iyaphikisana nokuthengwa kwe-F-35 kodwa ivulekile ukuthi ithenge amanye amabhomu ngokuya ngemikhakha yezimboni.

Awukho umkhankaso wezindiza zempi okufanele uthokoziswe yivoti yeNanos yakamuva. Imikhankaso yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ibiyizinto ezingathandwa kakhulu kwezingu-XNUMX ezinikezwe umphakathi lapho Ebuzwa "Yeka ukuthi usekela kangakanani, uma kunjalo, ungalezi zinhlobo ezilandelayo zemikhosi yaseCanada ehlasela amazwe omhlaba." Amaphesenti angama-28 kuphela asekele "Ukuba neCanada Air Force ebambe iqhaza ezindizeni zezindiza" kuyilapho amaphesenti angama-77 alabo abahloliwe esekela "Ukubamba iqhaza ekusizeni izinhlekelele zemvelo phesheya" namaphesenti angama-74 asekela "umkhankaso wokugcina ukuthula weZizwe Ezihlangene."

Izindiza ezindiza kakhulu azisizi ngalutho ezinhlekeleleni zemvelo, ukusiza abantu noma ukugcina ukuthula, ingasaphathwa eyokuhlaselwa kwesitayela se-9/11 noma ubhadane lomhlaba wonke. Lezi zindiza ezintsha ezinqenqemeni zenzelwe ukuthuthukisa amandla ombutho wezomoya wokujoyina imikhankaso yamabhomu yase-US neNATO.

Kepha, ukusebenzisa ezempi ukuxhasa i-NATO kanye nababambisene nayo bekubaluleke kakhulu kulabo abavotelwe. Kubuzwa abakwaNanos “Ngokubona kwakho, iyiphi indima efaneleke kakhulu eMbuthweni Wezempi waseCanada?” Amaphesenti angama-39.8 akhethe “Ukugcinwa Kokuthula” namaphesenti angama-34.5 “Avikele iCanada.” "Sekela ohambweni / ababambisene ne-NATO" bathole ukusekelwa ngamaphesenti ama-6.9 alabo abavotelwe.

Umkhankaso we-fighter jet kufanele uxhumanise ukuthengwa kwezindiza zempi ezingama- $ 19 kumlando wakamuva waseCanada wokubamba iqhaza ekuqhunyisweni kwamabhomu okuholwa yi-US njenge-Iraq (1991), iSerbia (1999), iLibya (2011) kanye neSyria / Iraq (2014-2016). Yonke le mikhankaso yokuqhuma kwamabhomu - ngamazinga ahlukene - yephule umthetho wamazwe omhlaba futhi ishiye lawo mazwe ebheda kakhulu. Ngokusobala, iLibya isalokhu isempini eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye kamuva futhi udlame lapho lwachitheka lubheke eningizimu eMali nasengxenyeni enkulu yesifunda sase-Sahel e-Afrika.

Umkhankaso we-no fighter jets nawo ulungile ukugqamisa igalelo lezindiza zempi enkingeni yesimo sezulu. Zidinga kakhulu ikhabhoni futhi ukuthenga izimoto ezintsha ezibizayo kuphambene ngokuphelele nokuzibophezela kweCanada okufinyelelwe ukukhipha i-zero zero ekhishwa ngo-2050.

Ngesikhathi sokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eLibya ngo-2011, ngokwesibonelo, izindiza zaseCanada zasha 14.5 abayizigidi ezingu amakhilogremu kaphethiloli namabhomu abo abhubhisa indawo yemvelo. Iningi labantu baseCanada alazi nakancane ngobukhulu bamandla omoya nokubhujiswa kwemvelo kwezempi.

Ukugubha Iviki Lokulwa Nezikhali, Ilungu lePhalamende le-NDP uLeah Gazan muva nje Ebuzwa ku-Twitter "Bewazi yini ukuthi ngokwe-Canadian Armed Forces Defense and Environment Strategy ka-2017, yonke imisebenzi yamasosha nemisebenzi YOKUXELWA kuzinhloso zokunciphisa ukungcola kukazwelonke !! ??"

I-DND / CF ingukukhipha okukodwa okukhulu kwamagesi abamba ukushisa kuhulumeni wesifundazwe. Ngo-2017 yakhipha amakhilogremu angama-544 ama-GHG, Amaphesenti we-40 ngaphezu kwe-Public Services Canada, inkonzo elandelayo enkulu yokukhipha.

Ngenkathi izingqinamba ezingemuva nezinombolo zokuvota zikhombisa ukuthi abakhankasi babekwe kahle ukuhlanganisa umbono womphakathi ngokumelene nokuthengwa kwezindiza zezindiza ezingama- $ 19 billion, kusekhona igquma elikhulu okufanele likhuphuke. Izimboni zamasosha nezinhlangano ezihambisanayo zihleleke kahle futhi ziyazazi izintshisekelo zazo. Umbutho waseCanada ufuna amajethi amasha kanti iCF / DND inayo umphakathi omkhulu kunayo yonke imisebenzi yezobudlelwano ezweni.

Kukhona nezinkampani ezinamandla ezibekelwe ukuthola inzuzo eningi ngaphandle kwenkontileka. Izimbangi ezimbili eziyinhloko, Lockheed Martin futhi Boeing, amathangi okucabanga ezezimali anjengeCanada Global Affairs Institute kanye neNkomfa Yezinhlangano Zezokuvikela. Zonke izinkampani ezintathu nazo zingamalungu e- Inhlangano Yezimboni Zase-Aerospace yaseCanada, esekela ukuthengwa kwezindiza zempi.

I-Boeing ne-Lockheed zikhangisa ngolaka ezincwadini ezifundwa ngabangaphakathi base-Ottawa njenge-iPolitics, I-Ottawa Business Journal futhi I-Hill Times. Ukwenza lula ukutholakala kwezikhulu zikahulumeni iSaab, iLokheed neBoeing zigcina amahhovisi emabhuloki ambalwa ukusuka ePhalamende. Banxenxa amalungu ePhalamende nezikhulu ze-DND futhi banakho kuqashiwe ojenene asebathatha umhlalaphansi ezikhundleni eziphezulu kanye nabaphathi bezinkontileka asebethathe umhlalaphansi ukubacela.

Ukweqa konke ukuthenga kwezindiza ezingama-88 ngeke kube lula. Kepha abantu abanonembeza abakwazi ukuhlala bengenzi lutho njengoba izindodla zemali zinikelwe engxenyeni ethile yezempi ebulala kakhulu, engenye yezinto ezilimaza kakhulu uhulumeni wethu.

Ukumisa ukuthengwa kwezindiza zempi, kudingeka sakhe umfelandawonye walabo abaphikisana nempi, bakhathazekile ngemvelo nanoma ngubani okholelwa ukuthi kukhona ukusetshenziswa okungcono kwamaRandi ethu entela. Kungokugqugquzela amanani amakhulu ukuphikisana nokuthengwa kwezindiza zempi kuphela lapho singathemba ukunqoba amandla abahlomuli bempi kanye nomshini wabo we-propaganda.

U-Yves Engler ungumbhali waseMontreal futhi uyisishoshovu sezepolitiki. Uyilungu le- World BEYOND WarIbhodi lokweluleka.