ICanada Pension Plan yenza ukubulawa kwabantu ngemikhiqizo yezempi

Ngo-Ephreli 14, The Guardian kubika ukuthi i-BAE Systems ithengise i- £ 15bn (cishe i-CAD $ 26.3 billion) ezingalweni nasezinsizakalweni zamasosha aseSaudi eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.

Leyo ndatshana icaphuna u-Andrew Smith we-UK-Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) ozinze e-UK othi, “Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule kube nenhlekelele enzima kubantu base-Yemen, kodwa kwi-BAE bekuyibhizinisi njengenjwayelo. Impi yenzeke kuphela ngenxa yezinkampani zezikhali futhi benza ohulumeni bazimisele ukuyixhasa. ”

Izinhlelo zempesheni zibonakala zidlala indima.

I-Ottawa-based Coalition toamele I-Arms Trade (COAT) iphawule ukuthi iCanada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) yayine $ 9 million otshalwe imali kuma-BAE Systems ngonyaka ka-2015 no $ 33 million ngowezi-2017/18. Mayelana nesibalo esingu- $ 9 million, World Beyond War ine kuphawulwe, "Lokhu kutshalwa kwemali e-UK BAE, akekho kuxhaso lweMelika."

Lezi zibalo ziveza nokuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-CPPIB e-BAE kunyuke ngemuva kokuba iSaudi Arabia iqale i-airstrikes yayo ngokumelene neY Yemen Mashi 2015.

The Guardian uyanezela, “Izinkulungwane zezakhamizi zibulewe selokhu kwaqala impi yombango eYemen ngoMashi 2015 ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngokungakhethi ngumfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ohlinzekwa yiBAE nabanye abenzi bezikhali baseNtshonalanga. Izisebenzi zombuso zisolwa ngokuba nesandla kwabaningi kwabangu-12,600 XNUMX ababulewe ekuhlaselweni okuhlosiwe. ”

Leyo ndatshana ibuye iveze nokuthi, "Ukuthunyelwa kwezingalo zaseBrithani eziya eSaudi okwakungasetshenziswa e-Yemen kwamiswa ehlobo lika-2019 ngenkathi iNkantolo yokuDluliswa kwamaCala ikhipha isinqumo sokuthi ngoJuni ka-2019 akukho ukuhlolwa okusemthethweni okwenziwe ngabefundisi ukubona ukuthi ngabe iSaudi Arabia Umfelandawonye ubephule umthetho wezenhlangano yabantu. ”

Akubonakali ukuthi uhulumeni waseCanada noma i-CPPIB bakhombise okuningi emthethweni womhlaba wonke wobuntu.

Ngo-Okthoba 2018, Global News kubika ukuthi uNgqongqoshe Wezezimali waseCanada uBill Morneau ubuzwe (yiLungu lePhalamende uCharlie Angus) mayelana "nokubanjwa kwe-CPPIB enkampanini kagwayi, ekhiqiza izikhali zamasosha kanye namafemu aphethe amajele angasese aseMelika."

Lowo mbhalo uyaphawula, “UMorneau uphendule ngokuthi umphathi wempesheni, owengamele imali engaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-366 zezimpahla ze-CPP, uphila 'ngezindinganiso eziphakeme zokuziphatha nokuziphatha.'”

Ngaso leso sikhathi, okhulumela i-Canada Pension Plan Investment Board nako Waphendula, "Inhloso ye-CPPIB ukuthola inani eliphakeme lokubuya ngaphandle kwengozi yokulahleka okungadingekile. Le nhloso eyodwa isho ukuthi i-CPPIB ayivezi imali oyitshalile ngokuya ngesimo senhlalo, inkolo, ezomnotho noma ezombusazwe. ”

Ngo-Ephreli 2019, iLungu lePhalamende u-Alistair MacGregor kuphawulwe ukuthi ngokwemibhalo eyashicilelwa ngo-2018, "i-CPPIB futhi iphethe amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi kosonkontileka bezokuvikela abanjengoGeneral Dynamics noRaytheon…"

UMacGregor wengeza ukuthi ngoFebhuwari 2019, wethula “Umthethosivivinywa Wamalungu Azimele e-House of Commons, ozochibiyela izinqubomgomo, amazinga kanye nezinqubo zokutshalwa kwezimali ze-CPPIB ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ziyahambisana nemikhuba yokuziphatha kanye nokusebenza, kwabantu, nokucatshangelwa kwamalungelo ezemvelo. ”

Ngemuva kokhetho lukahulumeni lwango-Okthoba 2019, iMacGregor yethule umthethosivivinywa futhi ngoFebhuwari 26 walonyaka njengo UBill C-231. Ukubona ividiyo yemizuzu emibili yalowo mthetho ohlongozwayo yethulwa eNdlu, sicela uchofoze lapha.

Njengoba sisebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izimpesheni zomphakathi zivumela abantu ukuthi bathathe umhlalaphansi ngokuthula kwengqondo, masiqiniseke ukuthi lokho akukubizi ukuthula emhlabeni.

UBrent Patterson ungumqondisi omkhulu we-Peace Brigades International-Canada. Ungamthola ku- @ PBIcanada @CBrentPatterson. Uhlobo lwalesi sihloko nalo luvele ku- PBI-Canada iwebhusayithi.

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