UNgqongqoshe uGuilbeault, Abukho “Ubuholi Besimo Sezulu” baseCanada Ngaphandle Kokukhansela Isivumelwano Sendiza Yezempi ye-F-35

Ibhalwe nguCarley Dove-McFalls, World BEYOND War, Januwari 17, 2023

UCarley Dove-McFalls uyi-alumna yasenyuvesi yaseMcGill kanye nesishoshovu sobulungiswa besimo sezulu.

NgoLwesihlanu zingama-6 kuMasingana wezi-2023 abantu bahlangana phambi kwehhovisi likaNgqongqoshe wezeMvelo uSteven Guilbeault ukuze bakhulume ngokumelene nesivumelwano se-F-35 esamenyezelwa uhulumeni waseCanada. Nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi kwakungacaci ukuthi kungani sasibhikishela ehhovisi likaGuilbeault ukuze sibhikishele ukuthula, zaziningi izizathu zokuba sibe lapho. Njengesishoshovu sobulungiswa besimo sezulu esilwa nengqalasizinda kaphethiloli, njenge-Enbridge's Line 5, ipayipi eligugayo, eliwohlokayo, elingekho emthethweni, nelingenasidingo ngidabula amaChibi Amakhulu futhi eyayalelwa ukuba ivalwe ngo-2020 nguMbusi waseMichigan uWhitmer, bengifuna ukugqamisa okunye ukuxhumana phakathi kwesishoshovu sokulwa nempi nesimo sezulu.

I-Guilbeault iyisibonelo sendlela yokuzenzisa kahulumeni waseCanada. Uhulumeni waseCanada uzama kanzima ukwenza lesi sithombe sakhe njengomgcini wokuthula nomholi wesimo sezulu kodwa wehluleka kukho kokubili. Kodwa-ke, ngokusebenzisa imali yomphakathi kulawa mabhanoyi ezempi aseMelika e-F-35, uhulumeni waseCanada ukhuthaza udlame oludlulele kuyilapho futhi evimbela ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni (ngenxa yokukhishwa okukhulu kwe-GHG nezinye izinto eziyingozi ezikhishwa lezi zindiza zokulwa) kanye nokusebenza kwesimo sezulu esisebenzayo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthengwa kwalezi zindiza zempi kanye nokudelela kukahulumeni waseCanada umyalo wokuqala wokuvalwa kwepayipi kunciphisa noma yikuphi ukuthuthukiswa kobukhosi boMdabu. Eqinisweni, uhulumeni waseCanada unolwazi umlando wokusebenzisa amazwe oMdabu njengenkundla yokuqeqesha amasosha kanye nezindawo zokuhlola izikhali, okungeza kwezinye izinhlobo zodlame lwamakholoni oluletha kubantu boMdabu. Sekungamashumi eminyaka i-Innu yaseLabrador kanye nabantu baseDene naseCree base-Alberta naseSaskatchewan behamba phambili emibhikishweni emelene nezisekelo zamasosha asemoyeni kanye nokuqeqeshwa kwezindiza zempi ngokwakha amakamu okuthula nokuhlanganyela emikhankasweni engenalo udlame. Lezi zindiza zempi cishe zizoba nomonakalo ongenakulinganiswa emiphakathini yoMdabu ngezinto ezinjengokugadwa kwe-arctic kanye nokuvimbela ukutshalwa kwezimali okunesikhathi eside kwezindlu nokunakekelwa kwezempilo emiphakathini yoMdabu eNyakatho.

Emkhakheni wobulungiswa besimo sezulu, abantu bomdabu kulo lonke elase-Turtle Island nangale kwalokho bebehamba phambili futhi bathintwe ngendlela engafanele izimboni eziyingozi zikaphethiloli (kanye nezinye). Ngokwesibonelo, zonke izizwe eziyi-12 ezaziwa ngokombuso eMichigan futhi Isizwe sama-Anishinabek (okuhlanganisa i-First Nations engama-39 endaweni ebizwa nge-Ontario) ikhulume futhi yabhikishela umugqa wesi-5. Lelipayipi ukungena ngokungemthetho endaweni yokulondoloza iBad River Band Tribe. Lesi sizwe njengamanje sisenkantolo ecaleni elibhekene no-Enbridge futhi izinhlangano eziningi eziholwa aboMdabu zibhikishele ukuqhubeka nokusebenza komugqa wesi-5 iminyaka.

Nakuba Guilbeault may banemibono ehlukile kuneyabanye osopolitiki bakahulumeni wenkululeko mayelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nempi, usenesandla kulolu dlame olungapheli kanye nokugcina isimo sikhona. Njengongqongqoshe wezemvelo, akwamukelekile ukuthi agunyaze amaphrojekthi afana no-Line 5 kanye Equinor's Bay du Nord (i-megaproject entsha yokumba ngasogwini lolwandle e-Newfoundland) kanye nokungamelani nalesi sivumelwano sezindiza zokulwa. Nakuba engase abe manqikanqika ukusekela le miklamo, njengoba kuphakanyiswe izingxoxo, usabagunyaza… Isandla sakhe ubudlova. Sidinga umuntu ozomela lokho akholelwa kukho futhi ozosebenzela okuhle kakhulu ngezinto ezifana nezindlu ezingabizi kakhulu, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, kanye nokusebenza kwesimo sezulu.

Uma sibheka ukuthi uhulumeni uyisebenzisa kanjani imali yakhe, kuyacaca nakakhulu ukuthi iCanada iyayisekela impi futhi ayisekeli isenzo esiphusile sezulu naphezu kwedumela elizama kanzima ukuligcina njengabagcini bokuthula nabaholi besimo sezulu. Uhulumeni ukhangisa izindleko zalesi sivumelwano phakathi U-$7 no-$19 wezigidigidi; Nokho, lezo kuphela izindleko zokuthenga kokuqala kwe-16 F-35's kanye akubandakanyi izindleko zomjikelezo wempilo yonke okuhlanganisa izindleko eziphathelene nokuthuthukiswa, ukusebenza, kanye nokuchithwa. Ngakho-ke izindleko zangempela zalesi sivumelwano cishe ziphezulu kakhulu. Uma kuqhathaniswa, ku-COP 27 ngoNovemba odlule (okuyinto U-PM Trudeau akazange afike), iCanada yathembisa ukusekela amazwe “esathuthuka” (igama eliyinkinga ngokwalo) ukuze anciphise futhi azivumelanise nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ngezinhlelo ifinyelele ku-$84.25 million. Sekukonke, kukhona $5.3 billion emvilophini yokuzibophezela yokuxhasa isimo sezulu, okuyimali encane kakhulu kunaleyo uhulumeni ayichitha kulolu chungechunge olulodwa lwezindiza zempi.

Lapha, ngisanda kuveza ezinye izindlela okuboshelwa ngazo impi kanye nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nezindlela amalungu ethu ePhalamende abonisa ngayo le ndlela yobuzenzisi lapho amazwi nezenzo zawo zingahambisani khona. Ngakho-ke sahlangana ehhovisi likaGuilbeault – “elalivikelwe” kakhulu ngonogada ababezivikela ngendlela emangalisayo nabanolaka – ukuze sibhikishele ukuntula kukahulumeni waseCanada ukuzibandakanya ngokuqhubekayo oguqukweni olunobulungiswa kanye nokubabeka icala ekusebenzeleni umphakathi. Uhulumeni waseTrudeau usebenzisa amadola ethu entela ukwandisa udlame emhlabeni futhi sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukumisa lesi senzo esingamukelekile. Abantu bayahlupheka; uhulumeni waseCanada kumele ayeke ukusebenzisa amagama angenalutho kanye nemikhankaso ye-PR ukuze azikhulule ekulimaleni abakwenzayo kuso sonke isibalo sabantu (ikakhulukazi kubantu boMdabu) kanye nemvelo. Sicela uhulumeni azibandakanye ezenzweni zesimo sezulu, ezenzweni zangempela zokubuyisana nemiphakathi yabomdabu kulo lonke elaseTurtle Island, kanye nasekuthuthukiseni izinsiza zomphakathi.