nguJames Wilt, Ubukhulu beCanada, April 11, 2022
Isabelomali sombuso sakamuva sesiphumile futhi naphezu kwayo yonke imfucumfucu yemithombo yezindaba mayelana nenqubomgomo entsha yezindlu eqhubekayo—okuhlanganisa kakhulu i-akhawunti entsha yokonga imali engenayo intela yabathengi bezindlu, “isikhwama sokusheshisa” somasipala ukuze bakhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa, kanye nokwesekwa okuncane kwezindlu zabomdabu. -kufanele kuqondwe njengokugxiliswa okucacile kwesikhundla seCanada njengonxiwankulu bomhlaba wonke, umbuso wamakoloni, kanye namandla ama-impiriyali.
Asikho isibonelo esingcono salokhu kunohlelo lukahulumeni weTrudeau lokukhulisa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwezempi cishe ngamabhiliyoni ayisishiyagalombili, ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ekwenyukeni okuhleliwe osekuhleliwe.
Ngo-2017, uhulumeni we-Liberal wethula inqubomgomo yakhe yezokuvikela eqinile, evikelekile, ebophezelekile, eyathembisa ukuthi izonyusa ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwaminyaka yonke kusuka ku-$ 18.9 billion ku-2016 / 17 kuya ku-$ 32.7 billion ngo-2026 / 27, ukwanda ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwe-70. Eminyakeni engu-20 eyalandela, lokho kwakumelela ukwanda kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-62.3 emalini entsha, okwenza izindleko eziphelele zempi phakathi naleso sikhathi zaba ngaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-550—noma ngaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi sezigidi zamaRandi eminyakeni engamashumi amabili.
Kepha ngokwesabelomali esisha saseCanada, “uhlelo lwamazwe ngamazwe olusekelwe emithethweni” manje “lubhekene nosongo olukhona” ngenxa yokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine. Ngenxa yalokhu, amaLiberals azibophezela ukusebenzisa enye imali eyizigidigidi eziyisi-8 eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo, okuyothi uma kuhlanganiswe nezinye izithembiso zakamuva kuzoletha ukusetshenziswa kwemali koMnyango Wezokuvikela Kazwelonke (DND) ibe ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-R40 ngonyaka ngo-2026/27. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwaminyaka yonke kuzobe sekuphindeke kabili ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-2020.
Ikakhulukazi, isabelomali esisha sibeka u-$6.1 wezigidigidi eminyakeni emihlanu “ukuqinisa[e] izinto eziza kuqala zethu kwezokuvikela” njengengxenye yokubuyekezwa kwenqubomgomo yezokuvikela, cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-900 ukuze iCommunication Security Establishment (CSE) “ithuthukise[e] ukuphepha ku-inthanethi yaseCanada, ” kanye namanye amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-500 osizo lwezempi e-Ukraine.
Sekuyiminyaka iCanada ingaphansi kwengcindezi yokwenyusa ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwezempi kwaminyaka yonke kuya kumaphesenti amabili e-GDP yayo, okuyisibalo esinganaki neze i-NATO elindele ukuthi amalungu ayo ahlangane nayo. Uhlelo Oluqinile, Oluvikelekile, Lokuhlanganyela lwango-2017 lwaxoxwa ngalo ngokucacile ngabakwaLiberals njengendlela yokwandisa umnikelo waseCanada, kodwa ngo-2019, ngaleso sikhathi uMongameli wase-US uDonald Trump wachaza iCanada ngokuthi “inembuka kancane” ngokushaya kuphela amaphesenti acishe abe ngu-1.3 we-GDP.
Nokho, njengoba intatheli ye-Ottawa Citizen uDavid Pugliese ephawulile, lesi sibalo sihlosiwe—hhayi isivumelwano sesivumelwano—kodwa “eminyakeni edlule le ‘njongo’ iye yashintshwa abalandeli be-DND yaba umthetho oqinile futhi osheshayo.” Ngokombiko wakamuva weSikhulu Sesabelo-zimali sePhalamende, iCanada izodinga ukusebenzisa imali ephakathi kwezigidigidi ezingama-20 kuya kwezingu-25 zamaRandi ngaphezulu ngonyaka ukuze ihlangabezane nalezi zibalo ezingamaphesenti amabili.
Ukusakazwa kwabezindaba emasontweni angaphambi kokukhishwa kwesabelomali sombuso kuveze ukuzungeza okunganqamuki koklebe abaphawuleka kakhulu baseCanada—uRob Huebert, uPierre Leblanc, uJames Fergusson, uDavid Perry, uWhitney Lackenbauer, u-Andrea Charron—okufuna ukwanda kwezempi. ukusetshenziswa kwemali, ikakhulukazi kwezokuvikela e-Arctic kulindelwe izinsongo zokuhlasela ezivela eRussia noma eShayina (isabelomali sika-2021 sesivele senze amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-250 eminyakeni emihlanu “ekwenzeni isimanjemanje kwe-NORAD,” okuhlanganisa nokugcina “amakhono okuvikela e-Arctic”). Ukusakazwa kwabezindaba mayelana nokuvikela i-Arctic akuzange kufake noma yimiphi imibono evela ezinhlanganweni ezimelene nempi noma abantu boMdabu baseNyakatho naphezu kwesidingo esicacile nesesikhathi eside se-Inuit Circumpolar Council sokuthi i-Arctic “esale iyindawo yokuthula.”
Eqinisweni, noma kusetshenziswa imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisi-8 zamaRandi - ngaphezu kokukhushulwa okukhulu ngohlelo oluqinile, oluvikelekile, oluhlanganisiwe kanye nokwenyuka okulandelayo - izitolo zezindaba sezivele zikuhlaka njengesehluleki njengoba "iCanada izosala imfushane kakhulu kulokho okuhloswe yi-NATO. .” Ngokusho kwe-CBC, izibopho ezintsha zaseCanada zokusebenzisa imali zizonyusa isibalo sisuka ku-1.39 siye ku-1.5%, esicishe silingane nemali esetshenziswa eJalimane noma yasePortugal. Icaphuna uDavid Perry, umongameli we-Canadian Global Affairs Institute, isikhungo sezengqondo “esixhaswa kakhulu abakhiqizi bezikhali,” i-Globe and Mail yachaza ngokungenangqondo ukwenyuka kwezimali okungamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8 “njengokulingene.
Konke lokhu kwenzeke ngemuva kwesonto iCanada imemezele ukuthi ibuyela emuva futhi iphothula isivumelwano no-Lockheed Martin sokuthenga izindiza zempi ezingama-88 F-35 ngemali elinganiselwa ku-$19 billion. Njengoba uMqondisi Wesikhungo Senqubomgomo Yezangaphandle YaseCanada u-Bianca Mugyenyi ephikile, i-F-35 iyindiza "esebenzisa uphethiloli ngendlela emangalisayo", futhi izobiza inani eliphindwe kabili kuya kathathu kunaleso elithengwe ngayo esikhathini sokuphila kwayo. Uphetha ngokuthi ukuthola lezi zilwi eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu kunengqondo "ngohlelo lokuthi iCanada ilwe ezimpini ezizayo zase-US kanye ne-NATO."
Iqiniso liwukuthi, njengamaphoyisa, akukho mali eyoke yanele oklebe, amathangi okucabanga axhaswe ngumkhiqizi wezikhali, noma ama-DND shill anikezwa izikhala zesikhala emithonjeni yezindaba evamile.
Njengoba uBrendan Campisi ebhalele iNtwasahlobo, selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela kweRussia, isigaba esibusayo saseCanada sigcizelele ngokungaguquki ukuthi “umhlaba manje uyindawo eyingozi kakhulu, futhi ukuze kuphendulwe leli qiniso elisongelayo, amasosha aseCanada adinga imali eyengeziwe, ngaphezulu futhi. izikhali ezingcono, abantu abaningi ababuthwayo, nokuba khona okukhulu eNyakatho.” Ngenxa yeqhaza elikhulayo laseCanada odlameni lwama-impiriyali omhlaba, izinsongo zingabonakala futhi zizobonakala yonke indawo, okusho ukuthi imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-40 zamaRandi ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi kwaminyaka yonke ngo-2026/27 nakanjani izothathwa njengephansi kakhulu.
Indima ekhulayo yaseCanada ekukhiqizeni, ekuthumeleni kwamanye amazwe, nasekudleni izibaso ezimbiwa phansi (manje esezisemthethweni ngoxhaso lokubanjwa kwekhabhoni) izomane ibeke engcupheni umhlaba ngenxa yokuwohloka kwesimo sezulu okuyinhlekelele, ikakhulukazi eGlobal South, okuholela emazingeni angakaze abonwe okufuduka okubangelwa isimo sezulu; ngaphandle kwamuva nje kwababaleki abamhlophe abavela e-Ukraine, indlela yezwe yokulwa nabafuduki izolokhu ibhebhethekisa ukucwasa futhi ikakhulukazi ukulwa nabaNsundu. Lo mkhondo wokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi okwandayo ngokungangabazeki uzoba nomthelela ekutshalweni kwezimali okukhulu kwezempi nakwamanye amazwe.
Ngenkathi ivota ngokumelene nesiphakamiso se-Conservative sokukhulisa ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kumaphesenti amabili e-GDP njengoba iceliwe yi-NATO, i-NDP ithembise ukusekelwa kwesabelomali se-Liberal kuze kube maphakathi no-2025 ngesivumelwano sayo sakamuva sokuhlinzeka nokuzethemba. Lokhu kusho ukuthi noma ngabe ukuthunyelwa kuphi, ama-New Democrats azimisele ukudayisa ngohlelo lwamazinyo oluhloliwe ngendlela esezingeni eliphansi kanye nethuba lesikhathi esizayo lohlelo lokunakekelwa kwemithi lukazwelonke-ngokungathembeki bekholelwa ukuthi ngeke libulawe amaLiberals-ngezinsiza ezinkulu kakhulu zeCanada. ezempi. Ekupheleni kukaMashi, umgxeki we-NDP wezangaphandle uchaze amasosha ngokuthi "abhidlikile" futhi wathi "asizange sinikeze amathuluzi amasosha ethu, abesilisa nabesifazane bethu abagqoke umfaniswano, okudingeka benze imisebenzi esiyicela ukuthi bayenze. ngokuphepha.”
Ngeke sithembe i-NDP ukuthi izohola noma yeseke umzamo wangempela wokulwa nempi. Njengenjwayelo, lokhu kumelana kufanele kuhlelwe ngokuzimela, njengoba sekuqhubeka kahle ngokuthandwa kweLabour Against the Arms Trade, World Beyond War I-Canada, i-Peace Brigades International - i-Canada, i-Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, i-Canadian Peace Congress, i-Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, kanye ne-No Fighter Jets Coalition. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele siqhubeke nokusebenza ngokubambisana nabantu boMdabu abamelana nokuhlala kwabahlali bamakoloni, ukudliwa komhlaba, ukuntula intuthuko kanye nodlame.
Isidingo kumele siqhubeke nokuba ukuphela konxiwankulu, ubukoloniyali kanye ne-imperialism. Izinsiza ezimangalisayo njengamanje ezisetshenziswa ekusimamiseni ubungxiwankulu bobuhlanga bomhlaba wonke—ngamasosha, amaphoyisa, amajele kanye nemingcele—kufanele zithathwe ngokushesha futhi zihanjiswe kabusha ukuze zinciphise ukungcola okusheshayo nokulungiselela ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, izindlu zomphakathi kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukuvikeleka kokudla, ukunciphisa ukulimala kanye nokuhlinzekwa ngokuphepha. , izibonelelo zemali engenayo yabantu abakhubazekile (kuhlanganise ne-COVID ende), ezokuthutha zomphakathi, ukunxeshezelwa kanye nokubuyiselwa komhlaba kubantu boMdabu, njalonjalo; Okubi kakhulu, lolu shintsho olukhulu alwenzeki eCanada kuphela kodwa emhlabeni jikelele. Ukuzibophezela kwakamuva kwezigidigidi eziyisi-8 zamarandi kwezempi kuphambene ngokuphelele nalezi zinhloso zokugqugquzela ukuphepha kwangempela nobulungiswa, futhi kufanele kuphikiswe kanzima.
UJames Wilt uyintatheli ezimele futhi umfundi oneziqu ozinze eWinnipeg. Uvame ukufaka isandla ku-CD, futhi usebhalele iBriarpatch, Passage, The Narwhal, National Observer, Vice Canada, kanye neGlobe and Mail. UJames ungumbhali wencwadi esanda kushicilelwa, Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Ukuthutha Komphakathi Enkathini ye-Google, Uber, kanye no-Elon Musk (Phakathi Kwezincwadi Zemigqa). Uhlela nenhlangano yamaphoyisa yokuqeda nya iWinnipeg Police Cause Harm. Ungamlandela ku-Twitter kokuthi @james_m_wilt.
