Ngubani Isitha? Izimpi Zokubuyiselwa Imali Nezikhungo ZesiKhwama Zenani Lezenhlalo eCanada

NguDkt.Saul Arbess, uCofounder kanye neLungu leBhodi, ICanada Peace Initiative, Novemba 8, 2020

Njengoba iCanada icabanga ngomhlaba we-post-COVID nezakhamizi kuyo yonke indawo zibheka udaba lokukhishwa kwemali yamaphoyisa asempini, kumele futhi sigxile kwizabelomali zamasosha aseCanada ezikhuphuke zisuka ku- $ 18.9 Billion ku-2016-17, zaya ku- $ 32.7B ku-2019-20. Ngaphansi kwenqubomgomo yezokuvikela yaseCanada ka-2017, uhulumeni wesifundazwe uzosebenzisa ama- $ 553 billion ekuvikeleni izwe eminyakeni engamashumi amabili ezayo. Izindleko ezinkulu zokuthengwa kwempahla yilezi: Ama-jets wokulwa angama-88 F-35; iProject yaseCanada Surface Combatant Project kanye neJoint Support Ship Project; imikhumbi emibili yokuphakela, manje isabuyekezwa ngokwakhiwa; nemicibisholo kanye nezindleko ezihambisanayo zezindiza zayo zezindiza ze-CF 118. Lezi zilinganiso azibandakanyi ukuthunyelwa kwamasosha - ngokwesibonelo, imali esetshenziswe kakhulu ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-18b emisebenzini yokulwa engenamsebenzi e-Afghanistan, lapho singazange sishukumisele khona ukudayela sisuse amaTaliban.

Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi idizayini entsha yamafrikhi asolwandle ifaka phakathi amandla okubamba iqhaza ku-Ballistic Missile Defense, eqala ukunikela iCanada kuleli su elingabizi ngokungapheli. NgoJuni 2019, iHhovisi Lezabelomali lePhalamende lahlanganisa isilinganiso sezindleko zemikhumbi emisha, yabikezela ukuthi lolu hlelo luzobiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-70 esikhathini sekhulu leminyaka elizayo - amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili ngaphezulu kwesilinganiso sangaphambilini. Imibhalo kahulumeni yangaphakathi, ngo-8, ilinganiselwa izindleko zokusebenza eziphelele, esikhathini sokuphila kohlelo, ezingaphezulu kwe- $ 2016B. Konke lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kwenzelwa ukulwa impi ephezulu. Kufanele sibuze ukuthi: ngubani isitha esilwa naye kanzima ngalezi zindleko ezinkulu? 

NgoJuni 11, 2020, iCanada Press yabika ukuthi iPhini likaNgqongqoshe woMnyango Wezokuvikela, uJody Thomas, wathi akatholanga lutho oluvela kuhulumeni wesifundazwe ukuthi uhlose ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali okwenyuswe kakhulu kwezempi, yize kunentengo yeningi ekhulayo kanye nesidingo esibucayi ukulungiselela ukubuyiselwa kokuthunyelwe kwe-COVID-19 eCanada. Empeleni uveze ukuthi: “… izikhulu ziyaqhubeka nokusebenza ekuthengeni okuhlelelwe imikhumbi yempi emisha, izindiza zempi nezinye izinto zokusebenza.” 

Qhathanisa lokhu nokutshalwa kwezimali kukahulumeni okusendlalekile ekunciphiseni ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu nemvelo, cishe ku- $ 1.8B minyaka yonke. Lokhu kuncane okuzwisa usizi, lapho sicabanga ngezinkinga esibhekene nazo, sicabanga ukuthi kuzoba khona igagasi elilodwa kuphela lobhadane lwamanje. ICanada idinga ukuguqulwa ibe ngumnotho oluhlaza, kude nokukhiqizwa kukaphethiloli wezinto ezimbiwa phansi, ukufaka ukufaka inguquko efanelekile nokuqeqeshwa kabusha kwabasebenzi abasele dengwane. Kunesidingo sokutshalwa kwemali okungajwayelekile emnothweni omusha ukuze sikwazi ukuqhubekela phambili ekunciphiseni ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukusimama kwemvelo kanye nobulungiswa kwezenhlalo, okuzohlomulisa bonke abantu baseCanada. Asidingi ukutshalwa kwezimali okwandisiwe ezintweni ezingenayo inzuzo yenhlalo ngokulungiselela impi ngokungapheli.

Zizovelaphi izimali zalolo tshalomali? Ngokuguqula izindleko ezinkulu zamasosha zenze le misebenzi ebalulekile. Amasosha aseCanada kufanele ancishiswe abe sezingeni elanele ukuvikela ubukhosi bethu, kepha angakwazi ukusebenza njengempi phesheya, njengokuthunywa okungabazekayo kwe-NATO emhlabeni jikelele. Esikhundleni salokho, iCanada kufanele ihole ekusekeleni i-UN Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) ehlongozwayo, ukwakheka kwe-UN okumile kwabasebenzi abazinikele abayi-14-15000 abenzelwe ukuvimbela izingxabano ezihlomile nokuvikela izakhamizi. Umbutho waseCanada kufanele futhi ukhuphule kakhulu ukubamba iqhaza kwawo emisebenzini yokuthula ye-UN eye yancipha cishe yabangabasebenzi.

I-UNEPS ingasinciphisa ngokuphelele isidingo sethu samandla kazwelonke angaphezu kokuzivikela. Esikhundleni salokho, indima yethu kufanele ibe njengamandla aphakathi angaxabani afuna ukuxazululwa kokungqubuzana okungenabudlova okuxoxiswene ngakho. Singaba nesosha elijiyile elinokuqina kokulwa okulungele ukulwa nezitha ezinganqunyelwe, noma ukululama okuyimpumelelo kwe-post-COVID okuthuthukisa ikhwalithi yempilo nemikhuba eqhubekayo yabantu bethu. Asikwazi ukukhokhela zombili.