Isithembiso sikandunankulu sokunyusa imali esetshenziswa ezempi ngamaphesenti angama-70 ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-10 siphumelele ukuzuza udumo kuTrump ngenkathi singanakiwe kakhulu abantu baseCanada, abangancamela ukusebenzisa imali eyengeziwe eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 ezinhlelweni zokuxhumana.
nguLinda McQuaig, Julayi 19, 2017, The Star.
Ngisho nangemva kokuba umagazini i-Economist usuphelile isihloko enesihloko esithi “Tony Blair akayena u-poodle,” undunankulu waseBrithani akakwazanga ukunyakazisa inhlamba yokuba umdlwembe othembekile kaGeorge W. Bush ngokusekela ukuhlasela kwakhe i-Iraq.
Ngakho-ke kufanele kube nokuphefumula okukhulu ngaphakathi kweHhovisi likaNdunankulu wethu kulezi zinsuku, manje njengoba kubonakala sengathi ukwesaba sekudlulile ukuthi u-Justin Trudeau angase agcine esebizwa ngokuthi i-poodle - ngentambo ebanjwe umongameli wamanje wase-US.
Impela, isimemezelo sikahulumeni waseTrudeau ngenyanga edlule sokuthi sizonyusa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwezempi yaseCanada - njengoba uDonald Trump efune kakhulu - sasiyingozi, uma kubhekwa abantu baseCanada abanengekayo ngesabelomali esikhulu sezempi kanye nondunankulu abavuma omongameli baseMelika.
Kepha isithembiso sikahulumeni waseTrudeau sokunyusa imali yezempi ngamaphesenti angama-70 ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-10 siphumelele ukunqoba. udumo lukaTrump ngenkathi iningi labantu baseCanada lingabonwa. Kumnandi.
Lokho kungenzeka ukuthi kungenxa yokuthi uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uChrystia Freeland ubesanda kwethula inkulumo yeshashalazi ePhalamende ememezele ukuzimisela kweCanada ukuthola eyayo indlela emhlabeni, njengoba uTrump esethathe isinqumo “sokwesula umthwalo wobuholi bomhlaba.”
Kuzwakale kunamandla futhi kunesibindi, ngokuthinta i-swagger, ukuzimisela ukudelela Indoda. Akukho poodle lapha, washaya icilongo.
Uma iphimbo likaFreeland lokudelela limcasula uTrump njengoba ecabanga ngama-tweets akhe angaphambi kokuntwela kokusa ngakusasa ekuseni, waduduzeka ngemva kwamahora ambalwa ngezindaba ezamukelekayo zokuthi iCanada izonyusa imali eyisebenzisayo kwezempi ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30, ngamabhanoyi ezempi amasha angama-88 kanye nemikhumbi yempi emisha engu-15! Hewu! Ukuze abantu baseCanada abangenazo impi chitha kanjalo on yezempi yabo akukho lutho-Burger!
Ngaleso sikhathi, konke kwakuthulekile phambi kweCanada lapho abezindaba, ababesaphezulu endaweni yokukhuluma ekhuphukayo kaFreeland, babegcwele izindaba ezimayelana nokuzimisela kukahulumeni wakwaTrudeau “ukuzibekela eyawo indlela” kanye “nokukhuphuka ukuze bahole emhlabeni.” Ukulangazelela kwayo ukujabulisa uTrump kwalahleka kakhulu ku-hoopla.
Ukwenyuka kwezindleko zamasosha, nakuba kwethulwe ngaphandle kwempikiswano enkulu, empeleni kuyintuthuko enkulu enemiphumela elimazayo, ebeka umthwalo omusha omkhulu wamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 kubakhokhi bentela baseCanada kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo futhi kwehlisela izidingo zenhlalo ezicindezelayo kubantu abashisekayo.
Kuphinde kube wukusuka okubalulekile kukaTrudeau, ongazange athembise umkhankaso wokunyusa imali esetshenziswa ezempi yaseCanada, okuthi, ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-19 ngonyaka, isivele ingeye-16 ngobukhulu emhlabeni.
Kunalokho, uTrudeau wakhankasela ukuvuselela indima yaseCanada ekugcineni ukuthula kwe-UN. Kodwa awugcini ngokuthenga amajethi ezempi nemikhumbi yempi uma ugxile ekugcineni ukuthula.
Lokhu kukhushulwa kwezindleko zezempi kukhulu kakhulu kunalokho obekuhleliwe nguStephen Harper. UHarper ubelokhu ephazamisekile ohlelweni lwakhe oluyimpikiswano lokusebenzisa ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-9 kuzindiza zokulwa ezingama-65. Kodwa manje ithimba le-Trudeau, elithanda ukwethula ubuso besifazane emhlabeni wonke, selimemezele ngokukhululeka inhloso yalo yokuphinda kabili lokho, lisebenzise ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-19 kumajethi angu-88.
Konke lokhu kuzobuyisela iCanada ngokugcwele kumodi yokulwa, ukuze sikwazi ukungena ngaphandle komthungo kunoma yimiphi imisebenzi yezempi uTrump angahle afune ukusifaka kuyo.
Futhi ungalenzi iphutha, yilokho esizilungiselelayo. Uhlelo olusha lwamasosha, olunesihloko esithi “Oluqinile, Luvikelekile, Lubandakanyekile,” lwenza izinkomba ezingama-23 “ekusebenzisaneni” kweCanada ne-US kanye namasosha ahlangene, kuphawula uPeggy Mason, umongameli we-Rideau Institute, okuwukuphela kwethangi lokucabanga laseCanada elibhekene nezindaba zezempi. ayixhaswa kakhulu yimboni yezikhali.
UMason, owayeyinxusa laseCanada ku-UN mayelana nokuchithwa kwezikhali, uthi, nakuba kukhulunywa ngokuzihlukanisa kukaTrump, abaphathi bakaTrump abahlehli ekuhlanganyeleni kwezempi kwamanye amazwe; kunalokho, yandisa amasosha ayo e-Iraq, Syria, Yemen nase-Afghanistan.
UTrump ugxeke abalingani baseMelika ngokungachithi imali eyanele kwezempi yabo, okushiya i-US ithwele umthwalo omningi wezezimali wokuvikela “umhlaba okhululekile.”
Vele, isixazululo esinengqondo kungaba ukuthi iWashington inciphise isabelomali sayo “sokuvikela” esingamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-600, esibalelwa kumaphesenti angama-36 emali esetshenziswa ezempi yomhlaba wonke - cishe ngokuphindwe kathathu kuneChina, enye imali enkulu elandelayo, ngokuvumelana ne iStockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Impela, imali eyengeziwe eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 zamaRandi esetshenziswa kwezempi uTrudeau asanda kuyithembisa ibonakala ixakeke ngezinto eziza kuqala kubantu baseCanada.
Ukuqagela kwami ukuthi, uma kunikezwe ukukhetha phakathi kokusebenzisa leyo mali ezindizeni zokulwa noma ezinhlelweni zokuxhumana, abantu abaningi baseCanada bangakhetha izinhlelo zokuxhumana.
Kodwa-ke, abayibambi intambo.
ULinda McQuaig ungumbhali kanye nentatheli ikholomu yayo ivela nyanga zonke. Mlandele ku-twitter @LindaMcQuaig
