By World BEYOND War, Januwari 5, 2023
(Montreal) - Kuhlelelwe izenzo ezweni lonke kule mpelasonto yokucela uhulumeni waseTrudeau ukuthi akhansele ukuthengwa kwabashayi besiteleka abangu-16 be-Lockheed Martin F-35 ngama- $ 7 billion. I-Canadian Press yabika ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi ukuthi Ibhodi Lomgcinimafa linikeze imvume yalo kuMnyango Wezokuvikela Kazwelonke ukuthi ubeke i-oda lokuqala lama-F-35 nokuthi isimemezelo esisemthethweni sizokwenziwa nguhulumeni wobumbano ekuqaleni konyaka omusha.
Impelasonto yesenzo ethi “Drop the F-35 Deal” izobanjwa kusukela ngoLwesihlanu, Januwari 6 kuya ngeSonto, Januwari 8. Kunemibuthano eyishumi nambili eqhubekayo ezweni lonke kusukela eVictoria, British Columbia kuya eHalifax, Nova Scotia. E-Ottawa, kuzoba nokwehla okukhulu kwesibhengezo phambi kwePhalamende emini yasemini ngoMgqibelo, Januwari 7. Ishejuli yezenzo ingatholakala kokuthi nofighterjets.ca.
Impelasonto yokusebenza ihlelwe yiNo Fighter Jets Coalition enamaqembu okuthula nobulungiswa angaphezu kwama-25 eCanada. Esitatimendeni, umfelandawonye uchaze ukuthi uyaphikisana nokuthengwa kwama-F-35 ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwawo empini, ukulimaza abantu, izindleko ezeqile ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-450 indiza ngayinye, kanye nomthelela omubi endaweni yemvelo nesimo sezulu.
Kusukela yasungulwa ngo-2020, lo mfelandawonye uhlele izenzo eziningi, izicelo kanye nemicimbi ukuze kukhuliswe ukuphikiswa nokuqwashisa umphakathi ngokuthengwa kwendiza yokulwa ebiza kakhulu, enekhabhoni. Umfelandawonye ukhiphe isilinganiso sezindleko esibonisa ukuthi izindleko zomjikelezo wempilo yezindiza zempi zizoba okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-77 kanye nombiko ophelele onesihloko esithi. Ukunyuka emithelela emibi yezezimali, yenhlalo kanye nesimo sezulu yendiza entsha yendiza yokulwa. Izinkulungwane zabantu baseCanada basayine izicelo ezimbili zasephalamende eziphikisana nokuthengwa kwempahla. Ngo-Agasti 2021, umfelandawonye waphinde wakhipha incwadi evuliwe esayinwe abantu baseCanada abaphezulu abangaphezu kwe-100 okuhlanganisa uNeil Young, uDavid Suzuki, uNaomi Klein, kanye nomculi-umbhali wengoma uSarah Harmer.
Umfelandawonye ufuna uhulumeni wobumbano atshale imali ezindlini ezithengekayo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukusebenza kwesimo sezulu kanye nezinhlelo zokuxhumana ezizosiza abantu baseCanada hhayi kuma-F-35 azonothisa umkhiqizi wezikhali waseMelika.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nomfelandawonye kanye nempelasonto yokusebenza: https://nofighterjets.ca/dropthef35deal
Funda isitatimende sombimbi lapha: https://nofighterjets.ca/2022/12/30/dropthef35dealstatement
