By Ayikho i-Fighter Jets Coalition, Ngo-Ephreli 10, i-2021
(Ngaphesheya kweCanada) - Kule mpelasonto, abantu baseCanada abangaphezu kwekhulu babambe i- I-Fast Against Fighter Jets ukubiza uhulumeni wesifundazwe ukuthi asule ukuncintisana kwakhe okungama- $ 19-billion ngama-fighter jets amasha angama-88. Imilindelo yomphakathi nemikhosi ekhanyiswe ngamakhandlela online izobanjelwa ogwini kuya ogwini ukuphikisana nalokhu kuthengwa kwezokuvikela.
Ukuzila kuhlelwe yiNo Fighter Jets Coalition, equkethe ukuthula, ubulungiswa namaqembu ezenkolo kulo lonke elaseCanada. Abahleli abafuni ukuthi uhulumeni athenge noma yiziphi izindiza ezintsha zokulwa bethi azinasidingo, zilimaza abantu futhi zibhebhethekisa inkinga yezulu. UDade Mary-Ellen Francoeur, oyilungu lePax Christi Toronto, uyachaza, “Ngizile ukudla ukuzwakalisa ukungavumi kwami kwezindleko zamajethi.” UDkt Brenda Martin, udokotela womndeni eLangley, eBritish Columbia wethula inzilo yamasonto amabili, ephikisa ngokuthi “uhulumeni wesifundazwe akumele atshale imali ezindizeni zokulwa kodwa kunalokho atshale imali ekubhekaneni nesimo esiphuthumayo sezulu, aqede ukungabi namakhaya futhi ahlinzeke ngamanzi okuphuza aphephile yemiphakathi yeZizwe Zokuqala. ”
Ngaphandle kwehhovisi likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uHarjit Sajjan eVancouver, i-Women's International League for Peace & Freedom izobamba umlindelo kusuka ngo-10: 00 ekuseni kuya ku-4: 00 ntambama ngoMgqibelo, ngo-Ephreli 10 nangeSonto, ngo-Ephreli 11. ELangley, uDkt Brendan Martin, ilungu le- World Beyond War, bazokuzila futhi babambe umlindelo womphakathi kusukela ngo-9: 00-6: 00 ntambama eDouglas Park ngoMgqibelo. EHalifax, uKathrin Winkler, ugogo futhi oyilungu leNova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, uhlela umlindelo ozohlala isikhathi eside eVictoria Park ngo-11: 00 ekuseni ngoMgqibelo kanti ibhena lizokwehla eCitadel Hill ngo-11: 30 ekuseni ngeSonto. Abahleli bacela ukuthi abantu beze kule micimbi yabantu abafake izifihla-buso futhi bahloniphe ukuqhela komphakathi. Imicimbi yokuzibandakanya nabantu e-Ontario ikhanseliwe ngenxa yokuvalwa kwezikhala kodwa abantu esifundazweni sonke bazilile.
Kuzoba nemicimbi emibili yomphakathi, ne-inthanethi ngoMgqibelo, Ephreli 10. Ngo-10: 00 ekuseni ngezikhathi zaseMpumalanga, kuzoba nomhlangano wokuxuba izinkolo wokukhulekelwa nokubhala izincwadi nango-7: 00 ntambama. Isikhathi saseMpumalanga, kuzoba khona i- umkhosi wamakhandlela. NgeSonto, ngomhlaka-11 Ephreli, umfelandawonye uphinde wethula incwadi evulekele uPope Francis ukuthi afune ukwesekwa kwakhe ngokomoya emkhankasweni wabo wokunqanda uhulumeni waseTrudeau ukuthenga izindiza ezintsha zempi. UPope Francis wenze ukuthula kwaba yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kupapa wakhe. Imininingwane engaphezulu ngalezi zenzo nokubhalisela imicimbi eku-inthanethi ingatholakala ku: nofighterjets.ca/fast
Eminyakeni emibili eyedlule, uhulumeni wobumbano wethula umncintiswano wemikhumbi yezindiza ezintsha ezingama-88. NgoJulayi odlule, osonkontileka bezokuvikela baletha amabhidi abo. Emncintiswaneni kubalwa iSuper Hornet kaBoeing, uGripen weSAAB noLockheed Martin we-F-35 wesizukulwane sesihlanu. Uhulumeni wesifundazwe wathi uzokhetha ibhidi yokuwina ekuqaleni kuka-2022.
Umfelandawonye we-No New Fighter Jets uthi izindiza ezintsha zokulwa azinakucubungula ngokwezimali lapho uhulumeni wesifundazwe esebenzisa ukusilela kwemali engama- $ 268-billion ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. Lo mfelandawonye ulinganisele ukuthi izindleko zangempela zomjikelezo wempilo wezindiza ezintsha zempi zizosondela ku- $ 77 billion embikweni okhishwe kulo Mashi odlule. Ukuzila ukudla kubekelwe nesikhathi sokuhambisana nokwethulwa komkhankaso waminyaka yonke we-Global Campaign Against Military Spending oholwa yi-International Peace Bureau. Indikimba yalo nyaka ithi “Buyisela Imali Amasosha Nivikele Abantu kanye nePlanethi.”
Ukuzila kuhlelwe yiNo Fighter Jets Coalition, efaka iCanada Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), World Beyond War Canada (WBW), Peace Brigades International-Canada, Labour Against the Arms Trade (LAAT), Pax Christi Toronto, Ottawa Raging Grannies, Pivot 2 Peace, Regina Peace Council, Canadian Peace Congress, Canadian Friends Service Committee (AmaQuaker), Abenzi Bokuthula BamaKrestu Amaqembu eCanada, i-Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) Canada, OPIRG Brock, Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, Victoria Peace Coalition, Just Peace Advocates, Winnipeg Peace Alliance, Anti-Imperialist Alliance (AIA) Ottawa, kanye neCanada Foreign Policy Institute phakathi kwabanye. Ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye ezedlule, umfelandawonye uhlele uhlu lwezikhalazo, izinsuku ezimbili zezenzo zikazwelonke, ama-webinar nemikhankaso yokubhala izincwadi.
BackgroundIkhasi lewebhu le- "No New Fighter Jets": https://nofighterjets.ca/fast/
Ngeminye imininingwane nangezingxoxo, sicela uxhumane:
UDkt Brendan Martin, World Beyond War: bemartin50@hotmail.com
UDade Mary-Ellen Francoeur, uPax Christi Toronto: sistermef@gmail.com
UKathrin Winkler, uNova Scotia Izwi Labesifazane Lokuthula: winkler.kathrin2@gmail.com
URachel Small, Umhleli waseCanada, World Beyond War, rachel@worldbeyondwar.org
UTamara Lorincz, ilungu leCanada Voice of Women for Peace ucingo: 226-505-9469 / i-imeyili: tlorincz@dal.ca
