NgoJuni 15, 2000, i-Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) yazisa isihlwele sabantu abayi-1,500 kwi-Ontario Legislature eQueen's Park. Inyanga yoKwindla iye yaququzelelwa ukufuna inyathelo kuRhulumente wePhondo malunga nengxaki yokungabinamakhaya. Abaququzeleli balo msitho bafuna ukutyhutyha loo nto idume kakubi kuRhulumente ngokunyanzelisa ukuba igqiza labantu abathandathu abachatshazelwe kukungabinamakhaya bavunyelwe ukuba bathethe kwiseshoni yeNdibano yoWiso-mthetho. Ngale ndlela, bekuthenjwa ukuba, iiTories zinokunyanzelwa ukuba zijongane nezikhalazo zengingqi yovoto ecinezelekileyo kwaye loo mpumelelo ingakhuthaza nabanye ukuba bazibandakanye kuluhlu lokuhlangana kwakhona koluntu.

Ukubhala ngenzuzo yokujonga emva, kunokwenzeka ukuthetha ukuba i-OCAP ayizange ixabise ngokupheleleyo, njengoko yenza izicwangciso zesi siganeko, yintoni ikhefu elicacileyo kunye neendlela zangaphambili zokulawula i-Ontario ulawulo lukaMike Harris olumele. I-Tories ayizange ibenanjongo yokunika naluphi na uphawu lwentlonipho kubamatshi abangenamakhaya kunye negqiza labo. Ngokwahlukileyo kuye nawuphi na omnye urhulumente ngexesha lasemva kwemfazwe, babekulungele ukuchasa ummandla wovoto omkhulu ababekhalazele ukuba basingathwe ‘njengomcimbi wamapolisa’ ngaphandle kokujonga imiphumo yeso sigqibo. Ikhosi egqithisileyo enjalo yaphuma kwingqiqo yeTory 'Common Sense Revolution'. Eli qonga lalingeloluhlu nje lwamanyathelo angqwabalala ezopolitiko. Ikwayindlela yokujonga ilizwe elakhayo ukwenziwa kwesivumelwano kunye neendlela zemvumelwano ezaphuhliswa ngoorhulumente bangaphambili. Udidi olutsha lweTory olwathatha amandla ngo-1995 lwalunezicwangciso zokubuyisela i-Ontario, 'ukuyivula ishishini', ezingazange zixoxwe. Inkcaso, ukuba ibinokuthabatha iindlela ezingenatyala, ibingayi kuhoywa. Ukuba ingaqala ukumila ngokumandundu, kwakuhlala kukho iqela lodushe.

Ngoko ke, ngoJuni 15, iiTories zajonga naluphi na uthethathethwano, singasathethi ke ngokunikezela kwabo bangenamakhaya, njengento engekhoyo kwaphela. Kwelao icala, uMkhosi wamaPolisa aseToronto, emva kokuba uxanduva lwalo mbandela lunikelwe kuwo, wakuvuyela gqitha ukungena kumoya wezinto. Besilindele ukuba ekuqaleni sivalwe phambi kweNdlu yoWiso-mthetho kodwa sicinge ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba umbutho womkhosi wabantu abangenamakhaya kunye namahlakani abo angakwazi ukuphumelela uphawu oluthile lwentlonipho. Sasimatsha siye kwimiqobo size sinyanzelise ukuba sinelungelo lokuviwa. Kwanokuba akukho mpendulo isemthethweni ifunyenweyo, uhlobo lomsebenzi olunamandla nolunyanzelisayo oluvela kwabo bashiywa befela ezitratweni bekuya kuba nempembelelo ebalulekileyo kwezobupolitika. Siye sacinga ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba ezinye iimpendulo zamapolisa anzima kwizenzo zethu zinokwenzeka kwaye size neendlela ezithile zokhuseleko lokujongana neso siganeko. Ezi zibandakanya ii-bandanas kunye ne-goggles ukunciphisa iziphumo zokutshiza ipepile kwaye zinamandla kuneempawu zepikethi eziqhelekileyo njengokhuselo oluyinxenye kwiibatons. Nangona kunjalo, siye sayithoba ingcamango yokuba banokusungula kwaye bahlasele isihlwele kwaye bahambe besusa izizathu. Ukanti le yeyona ndlela igqithisileyo nekhohlakeleyo abayithabathayo ngolo suku.

Kwenye indawo, sivavanye ngokweenkcukacha ukutyhilwa kweziganeko nge-15 kaJuni kwaye akukho mfuneko yakuphinda lo msebenzi apha. Kwanele ukufumanisa ukuba i-Tory ixhase izicwangciso zamapolisa zokucoca iQueen's Park, eneneni, yavusa ungquzulwano olukhulu. Abantu abaninzi baye babanjwa njengolwaphulo-mthetho ngenxa yempindezelo yombuso eyalandela esi siganeko. Phantsi kweentekelelo zenkundla ngokubanzi ezigweba ngokukhethekayo abo bachasayo kodwa bajonga ubundlobongela bamapolisa njengobufanelekeleyo phantse ngokungaguquguqukiyo, kuye kwakho ukukhululeka okuxabisekileyo okumbalwa. Ngoku, ityala elingaqhelekanga liyaqhuba phambi kwejaji eToronto elibandakanya uhlaselo olukhulu lwenkululeko yoluntu kunye nelungelo lokuchasa. Ngapha koko, inokuqondwa kuphela ngokuphonononga irekhodi yexesha langaphambili kwimbali yaseCanada xa ungquzulwano lwentlalo lwaluhamba ze kwaye ingcinezelo yezopolitiko yabonakala ngakumbi.

Ityala labachopheli-tyala, eneneni, lilinge likarhulumente lokukhetha nokususa abantu abathathu abajongwa ‘njengeenkokeli’ zombutho wezentlalo othe ubuNgcali bamaPolisa buwuchaze eNkundleni ‘njengombutho wolwaphulo-mthetho’. Emva kokuba mna noStefan Pilipa, uGaetan Heroux kunye nam sabanjwa okokuqala ngalo mbandela, ngoJulayi ka-2000, sachazwa nguNgqonyela otshutshisa eli tyala, uVincent Paris, ‘njengomhlaza ofuna ukususwa’. Ukuba siye sakwazi ukusebenza njengenxalenye yombutho ngalo lonke eli xesha, asiyombulelo kuMnu. Paris kunye noogxa bakhe. Imiqathango yokuqala yebheyile yamiselwa kubo bonke ababanjwa emva kwe-15 kaJuni evala naluphi na unxulumano naye nabani na ongowe-OCAP. INkundla ePhakamileyo ikukhabile oku ngenxa yezichaso zeOfisi yoBukhosi.

Izityholo eziye zabekwa kuthi sobathathu aziqhutywa okanye aziyiyo nendlela ezisetyenziswa ngayo. Sivezwa njengeenkokeli nabaququzeleli ‘bombhodamo ocetyiweyo’ obandakanya ilinge lokunyanzelisa ngobundlobongela ukungena kwiSakhiwo soMthetho. UStefan noGaetan batyholwa ‘ngokuthatha inxaxheba kuqhushululu’ kwaye bajongene neminyaka emibini entolongweni. Akukho sityholo sokuba babandakanyeka kuzo naziphi na izenzo ngaloo mini ezazibalasele ngakumbi okanye ezivuza ubugebenga. Bathathwa nje ngokuba 'ziinkokeli' kwaye, ngokufanelekileyo, baye bakhethwa phakathi kwe-1,500 'isiphithiphithi' esithatha inxaxheba ekutshutshisweni. Urhulumente unelungelo lokugqiba ukuba kukho uqhushululu aze athathe isigqibo sokuba uyafuna na ukutshutshisa abathile kwabo ubabona njengeenkokeli okanye wonke umntu owayelapho. Kule meko, abantu ababini abathile baye bakhethwa kodwa kwixesha elizayo malunga nomnatha unokuphoswa ngokubanzi ngakumbi.

Ndibethwe ngezityholo ezimbini. Kutyholwa ukuba ‘ndicebise ukuba ndithathe inxaxheba kuqhushululu’ kwaye ‘ndicebise ukuba ndibethe amapolisa’. Ezi zithatha ixesha elide leminyaka emibini nemihlanu ngokulandelelanayo. Izityholo ziphuma kwintetho endayenza kwiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho apho ndazisa khona inginginya ukuba igqiza laliwe, ndabongoza abantu ukuba banxibe izibuko kunye nezinye izilumkiso malunga nokutshizwa kwepepile kwaye bancede igqiza licinezele isikhalo salo ukuba limanyelwe. Ukuxhasa impikiswano yayo yokuba kwakukho injongo yokukhuthaza ukuziphatha kakubi kunye nokubetha, i-Crown iya kuvelisa amanqaku athile athathwe kum ngexesha lokubanjwa abonisa isicwangciso sokufudukela kwimiqobo kunye noxinzelelo lwabasemagunyeni. Izakubonisa imiboniso yevidiyo yentetho endiye ndayenza kunye nodliwanondlebe namajelo eendaba endilunike apho ndingazisola ngokungafanelekanga emva komsitho.

Ukucaca malunga nokuma kwethu, siyavuma ngokupheleleyo kwaye ngokuchwayitayo ukuba sicebe, sacebisa kwaye sathatha inxaxheba kumboniso womkhosi othi, ukuba ube ngumbhodamo, uguqulwe waba nguRhulumente onekratshi kunye nomkhosi wamapolisa ongasebenziyo kunye noxhokonxa. Kwezi ‘zenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho’, izityholo ziye zasuswa uthuli kwaye zasetyenziswa ukuba imibutho yentlalontle kunye nenkululeko yoluntu kufuneka ijonge kwaye icinge ngayo. UHarry Glasbeek, onguNjingalwazi Emeritus kunye noMfundi oMkhulu kwiSikolo soMthetho sase-Osgoode, kutshanje ubhale ileta eya kwiGqwetha-Jikelele lase-Ontario egxeka ukubekwa kwezi zityholo. Ubachaza ‘njengamagatya asetyenziswa ngokunqabileyo omthetho wolwaphulo-mthetho ojoliswe ekukhuseleni imeko yezopolitiko’. Enyanisweni, ‘isiphithiphithi’, ‘isiphithiphithi’ kunye namanye amalungiselelo ‘ocwangco lukawonke-wonke’ oMgaqo woLwaphulo-mthetho aye wawela kwinto esondela ekusetyenzisweni. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukusetyenziswa kwabo ukuzama ukuthabatha ubunkokeli obucingelwa ukuba bombutho wentlalontle, kukubuyela umva okothusayo kwixesha langaphambili. Ithuba elipheleleyo ukususela kwiMfazwe yeBini yehlabathi liye lavelisa imozulu yezopolitiko eyayifuna ukunciphisa ungquzulwano lwentlalo kunye nokuthintela nantoni na enzima kakhulu kwaye imbi njengokubekwa kwezityholo ezingabonakaliyo kubaqhankqalazi kunye nabaququzeleli. Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, iimfuno ze-neo liberalism kunye ne-fiscal conservatism zibeka amalungiselelo anjalo engozi emngciphekweni. Xa abantu bengafuni ukuchasa uhlaselo lwamalungelo abo entlalontle, uMthetho unento ethile enzulu kwincwadana yawo ephantse yalityalwa.

Kuya kuba ngaphaya kwemida yeli nqaku ukuya kuyo nayiphi na inkcukacha enkulu malunga nengxelo yembali kodwa ikroba nje kwezinye zeentshutshiso ezisemthethweni zesiqingatha sokuqala seNkulungwane yokugqibela iya kusinika into esiyidingayo. Kwakukho ixesha kwixesha elingekude kangako apho iziphumo ezibi kakhulu zomthetho zinokudityaniswa nokuzama ukuququzelela amabango oluntu okanye ukuzama ukuzuza ilungelo lokuthethathethana ngokudibeneyo nomqeshi wakho. Uqhankqalazo lwaseWinnipeg luka-1919 lwapheliswa kwimeko yokuzingelwa kwamagqwirha kwezopolitiko. Kwabakho isiphithiphithi sentiyo ukuze kuzanywe ukukrwitsha iingcamango nezenzo zombutho womkhosi womkhosi owawuthabathe uhlobo lweManyano Enkulu eNye. Iinkokeli zoqhankqalazo zasiwa enkundleni ngezityholo ‘zokwenza iyelenqe lokuphembelela uqhushululu’ kunye ‘nokusasaza imvukelo’. Ezo ngcinga baziqhubela phambili kwanebango labo lokuququzelela ukuziphumelela zaphathwa njengezenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezinzulu kunye nokwaphulwa kocwangco loluntu.

Ngo-1923, abasebenzi bentsimbi ababegwayimbile eNova Scotia bajongana nohlaselo olunoburhalarhume ngamapolisa kwimigca yabo. Inkokeli yabasebenzi-mgodini, u-J.B. McLachlan, yabhalela amalungu ombutho wayo ileta apho yachaza ugonyamelo lwabasemagunyeni yaza yathi, “Urhulumente waseNova Scotia nguye onetyala nonoxanduva kolu lwaphulo-mthetho. Akukho basebenzi basemgodini okanye emgodini onokuhlala emsebenzini”. Biza intlanganiso yeNdawo yakho kwangoko kwaye uthathe isigqibo sokusasaza umlo “kuwo wonke umgodi waseNova Scotia. Yenza ngoko nangoko. Ngomso isenokuba sendishiywe lixesha.”

Ngala magqabaza, uMcLachlan wavavanywa waza wagwetywa iminyaka emibini ngezityholo zokuvukela urhulumente. Eli lungiselelo liseyinxalenye yeKhowudi yoLwaphulo-mthetho nanamhlanje. UNdlunkulu uxelele iNkundla kwityala lakhe ukuba, “Umba asikokuba ingxelo epapashiweyo bubuxoki okanye yinyani. Zininzi izinto eziyinyani kodwa azinakupapashwa.” "Ngumbuzo wokuba bekutshiwo ngenjongo yokudala ukunganeliseki kunye nokuphazamiseka". [Ugxininiso longeziwe]

Ngowe-1931, amalungu asibhozo eQela lamaKomanisi laseKhanada abanjwa eToronto. Indima yelo qela ekuququzeleleni imibutho yabavukeli kunye nomzabalazo onamandla wokungaphangeli wawenza waba lutshaba olubulalayo lwabasemagunyeni. UTim Buck, uTom McEwen, uMalcolm Bruce, uSam Carr, uTom Hill, uMatthew Popovich, uJohn Boychuk kunye noTom Cacic bajongene nezityholo ezimbini phantsi kweCandelo lama-98 leKhowudi yoLwaphulo-mthetho (eyarhoxiswayo ngowe-1945) nelinye 'leyelenqe lokuvukela urhulumente' elinokuthi libekwe -usuku. Udushe, njengoko luchazwa yijaji yabo kwityala lakhe, “lubandakanya izenzo, amazwi okanye imibhalo ejoliswe” ukuphazamisa uxolo lukarhulumente ngokudala intiyo, ukunganeliseki “okanye ukudelela” uMgaqo-siseko okanye iPalamente “[okanye] ukuba nomdla wokungafuni phakathi kweeklasi ezahlukeneyo”. [Ugxininiso] Abatyholwa banikwe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe entolongweni ngenxa yokuvakalisa izimvo zabo nokuba ngamalungu ombutho obeke ezi zinto phambili.

Ekugqibeleni, umzekelo osika ngokusondeleyo kunabo bonke kwimeko yangoku. Ngo-1946, abasebenzi bempahla eluka eValleyfield, eQuebec, babekugwayimbo ngenxa yamalungelo abo asisiseko kunye nemivuzo yokuphila. Phantsi kolawulo lweNkulumbuso yaseQuebec, uMaurice Duplessis, amapolisa ephondo azama ukuluphelisa uqhankqalazo. NgoAgasti 13, abasebenzi benza umgudu omanyeneyo wokukhusela iintambo zabo zokudubula yaye, besebenzisa iziqhushumbisi ezintywizisayo nxamnye nabo, balwa nabo ngokukrazula amatye agangathiweyo baze bawasebenzise njengemijukujelwa. Uqhankqalazo lwaphunyelelwa kodwa umququzeleli womanyano, uKent Rowley kamva wagwetywa ‘ngokuphembelela udushe’ waza wahlawula uloyiso ngokuvalelwa kwiNtolongo yaseBordeaux. Namhlanje, ilitye lesikhumbuzo limi kwisiza kuye kunye nomququzeleli kunye neqabane lakhe, uMadeleine Parent.

Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba imizekelo endiyinikayo ngasentla lukhetho lwemizamo engenamsebenzi yabasemagunyeni kweli lizwe ukuthulisa iintshukumo ezithe zaphumelela kwaye zaseka amalungelo ezopolitiko kunye neenzuzo zentlalo ekufuneka sizikhusele namhlanje. Amalungiselelo ‘ocwangco lukawonke-wonke’ oMgaqo woLwaphulo-mthetho owasetyenziswa kula matyala asezincwadini ubukhulu becala. Xa amagunya karhulumente, ekhuthazwa yiNdibanisela yaBemi beSizwe kunye nePosi yeSizwe, evakalelwa kukuba ixesha lilungile, akukho sizathu sisemthethweni sokuba bazivalele ekumangaleleni abaququzeleli boqhanqalazo lokungabi namakhaya ngezityholo zobundlobongela. Ngokomthetho, udushe yindibano nje yabantu abathathu nangaphezulu ‘abaqalise ukuphazamisa uxolo ngesidubedube’. Ikhulu lemigca yeepikethi ngonyaka kunye neshumi elinesibini loqhanqalazo ngenyanga linokuthathwa njengelifanele loo nkcazo ukuba ulungelelwano lwezopolitiko luyivumela loo nto. Njengoko uMongameli we-CAW, uBuzz Hargrove, exoxa ngeleta eya kwi-Ontario Attorney-General egameni lethu, "..ezi zityholo zezopolitiko ngokwendalo. Ukuba uClarke ugwetyelwe ityala lokucebisa, akukho mntu ukhululekile ekutshutshisweni owenza intetho enovelwano ngokuchasene nokungekho sikweni kumboniso othi emva koko ubenobundlobongela. Ukuba u-Heroux kunye noPilipa bagwetyelwa ukuthatha inxaxheba, kunjalo nabani na onokuthi ube kumboniso othi emva koko ubenobundlobongela. Ezi zityholo zinokwenza uqhanqalazo lube lulwaphulo-mthetho.”

Ekugqibeleni, ezi zityholo kunye netyala lolwaphulo-mthetho eliphuma kuzo lilingo lokoyikisa ngokwezopolitiko. Uvavanyo oluqhutywa ngabasemagunyeni kukufumanisa ukuba bangakwazi na ukumisela izigwebo eziqatha kumalungu ombutho abangawuthandiyo ngaphandle kokuhlawula ixabiso elikhulu kwezopolitiko ngalo. Ngokwembono yenkululeko yoluntu kunye nomzabalazo wobulungisa bentlalo, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba olu vavanyo luphele ngokusilela. Undoqo kulo mba wonke yinkxaso kunye nomanyano. Kwimizekelo yangaphambili endisandula ukuyinika, ucinezelo lukarhulumente lwalusebenza ngcono xa iintshukumo zahlulwa kwaye abantu abalumkileyo nabanengqondo ezinzileyo babekulungele ukubayeka balandele 'iiradicals' njengoko bebona kufanelekile. Akunjalo nanamhlanje.

Ityala lolwaphulo-mthetho linika amatsha ntliziyo ezopolitiko kuphela indlela engagqibelelanga yokukhupha imiba yokwenene. Isakhelo esilondolozayo kunye neentelekelelo ezigquma inkqubo kunzima ukuzoyisa. Siya kukhwela ukhuselo oluluqilima kwaye sikwenze oko ngokuzithemba kodwa, nangona sinenkxaso enkulu emva kwethu, akunakubakho siqinisekiso sokuxolelwa. Sikulungele zonke izinto ezinokwenzeka. Noko ke, kungakhathaliseki ukuba sithini na isigwebo, into esiyifunayo ukuze siphumelele uloyiso olukhulu lwezobupolitika kukuba ezi nkqubo zenzeke kwimeko-bume yomsindo nesiqalekiso. Ukuba sinayo loo nto, siya kukwazi ukubuyisela umva iinzame zabo zokusenzakalisa kwaye siphume ngamandla kulo mngeni ukhoyo.

I-OCAP ayikhange iwavumele amakhulukhulu ezityholo abawabeke emva kwe-15 kaJuni ukuba asithintele kodwa iqhubekile kwaye yaqhubela phambili idabi lokulwa nentlupheko. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, saququzelela iPope Squat kwaye, kulo nyaka, senza izicwangciso zephulo lolwakhiwo lwezindlu oluya kuba namandla ngakumbi. Side sixoxe ngomngcelele omtsha kwi-Queen's Park onokuba malunga nawo umlinganiselo kunye nokwahluka kwenkxaso enokuthi ithintele isoyikiso sobundlobongela bamapolisa kwaye inyanzelise abasemagunyeni ukuba bajongane nayo njengomba wezopolitiko. Sifuna eyona nkxaso ibanzi kulo msebenzi nanjengoko sifuna abalandeli bethu bagcwalise inkundla kwaye bazalise iGqwetha Jikelele ngeemfuno zokuba acinywe la matyala.

Sonke sisebenzela kwaye sinethemba elikhulu loloyiso ngokwasemthethweni kodwa owona mbuzo ubalulekileyo kukubenza bahlawule ixabiso ngoko bakumiseleyo kuloo nkundla. Abo bafuna ukubuyisela ixesha ngokwasentlalweni nangokusemthethweni kufuneka benziwe baqonde ukuba iintsuku zokuchotshelwa kwetyala lezopolitiko ziphelile.

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Andizange ngabom ndilithwalise eli nqaku ngeereferensi zomthombo kunye nezinto ezinjalo. Abo banomdla wokulandela eminye yemizekelo yembali banganditsalela apha johnclarke@sprint.ca.

Nceda ucinge ngokusayina ingxelo yethu yomanyano kwiwebhusayithi ye-OCAP ku www.ocap.ca. Iileta eziya kwi-Ontario Attorney-General nazo zixatyiswa kwaye ulwazi kunye nemizekelo nazo zifumaneka kwiwebhusayithi. Abo banomdla wokufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya okanye ukunika ezinye iindlela zenkxaso yekhonkrithi banokuqhagamshelana nam kwidilesi ye-imeyile okanye umnxeba u-OCAP apha (416) 925-6939. JC

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