Yisonto lokuhlehla kwezombusazwe zaseCanada. U-Ralph Klein, undunankulu wase-Alberta we-neoliberal futhi into eseduze kakhulu iCanada enayo noGeorge W Bush (u-Klein angakuthatha lokho njengokuncoma) wathumela incwadi kunxusa laseMelika eCanada, echitha isimo sikaNdunankulu (esiphikisayo) sokulwa nempi futhi akhulume ngaso. โUbungani obuhlala njalo buka-Alberta ne-United States, ubungane obusekelwe hhayi ezithakazelweni ezifanayo kuphela kodwa nasezindinganisweni ezivamile. Kafushane nje, umongameli kanye nesizwe sakho benze isibonelo sobuholiโ
UNdunankulu wase-Ontario, u-Ernie Eves, ubhalele inxusa laseMelika eyakhe incwadi, ethi u-Ontario ungumngani we-US noma ngabe uNdunankulu engeyena. Nokho, kungenzeka ukuthi u-Eva wayenezinye izisusa. Ngomnyakazo oyinqaba, futhi ocishe wahlekisa, u-Eves wanquma ukuletha isabelomali sakhe ngomabonakude ovaliwe, kusukela ekwakhiweni kwenkampani ezimele (umkhiqizi wezingxenye zezimoto ebizwa ngokuthi iMagna International).
Isabelomali ngokwaso besiqukethe okujwayelekile: ukuncishiswa kwentela kulabo abahola imali engaphezu kuka-$70,000 ngonyaka kanye nesigidi esingu-$1 sendiza enophephela emhlane yamaphoyisa eToronto, mhlawumbe ngokuqapha yonke leyo mibhikisho ngaphandle kwenxusa laseMelika. Kungenzeka ukuthi incwadi kanye nendlela exakile yokulethwa kwesabelomali bekuyizinyathelo ze-PR zokuphazamisa ama-Ontarians ekuqhamukeni okuqhubekayo abachayeke kukho kusukela uhulumeni wabo we-neoconservative wenza lokho abakubiza ngokuthi 'I-Common Sense Revolution' ngo-1995.
I-Canadian Chamber of Commerce nayo isilinganisele, lapho umongameli uNancy Hughes Anthony ethi: "Izitshalo zethu zezimoto zingashintshwa yizitshalo zezimoto zaseMexico ngokushesha," esho. "Kufanele sikubone ukuthi lesi yisivumelwano sephakheji lapha, ukuthi ngenzuzo yezomnotho yokuba enyakatho yomngcele kuza nohlobo lomsebenzi kanye nesibopho sokumela abangane bakho ezikhathini ezinzima."
Impendulo yoMkhandlu Wabaphathi BaseCanada yaba ukunezela: โโIngabe ithonya elibi ku-$2-billion ngosuku lwebhizinisi . . . kubalulekile? Damn right ibalulekileโ. Umlobeli wengosi ye-Globe and Mail uJohn Ibbitson wanyakazisa abantu baseCanada ngomunwe wakhe: โUma ungomunye wezigidi zabantu baseCanada umsebenzi wabo uncike ekuthelelekeni mahhala kwezimpahla nezinkonzo ne-United States, kufanele uthukuthele.โ
Ngalo lonke lolu laka lwezingozi zemisebenzi yethu, izitshalo zezimoto, nebhizinisi, umuntu uyazibuza ukuthi ngabe abantu baseCanada bazosala yini ulaka ngawo wonke amanga esiwatshelwayo, wonke ama-Iraqi abulawayo, kanye nawo wonke amazwe angaphandle. imithetho ephulwayo ngokuhlaselwa okungaphekiwe kwezakhamuzi ezingenakuzivikela. Yini eyashiwo uJustice Robert Jackson mayelana namacala aseNuremberg? "Wona kanye umnyombo womthetho-sisekelo waseNuremberg ukuthi abantu banemisebenzi yamazwe ngamazwe eyeqa izibopho zezwe zokulalela ezibekwe uhulumeni." Ukukhuluma iqiniso, ngicabanga ukuthi akashongo ukuthi imisebenzi yomuntu ngamunye yamazwe ngamazwe idlula amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili ngosuku lwebhizinisi, noma izigidi zemisebenzi.
Kodwa yonke le ngxoxo ye-elite yaseCanada ikhombisa kuphela ukuthi ihlukaniswe kanjani nabantu baseCanada abavamile kuphela, kodwa nakubantu baseMelika abavamile, njengoba kunezigidi zabantu baseMelika abamelene nale mpi. Labo bantu baseMelika bangahle bafune abantu baseCanada ukuthi banamathele esimeni sethu sokulwa nempi. Bangase bacabangele leyo ngxenye โyesibophoโ sethu โkubangane bethu ngezikhathi ezinzimaโ.
Futhi noma ngabe abantu baseCanada babewuhlobo lwabantu ababezimisele ukuhwebelana ngezimpilo zabanye abantu ukuze bathole ukuvikeleka kwemisebenzi yethu, kulaba bantu- abachithe ishumi leminyaka elidlule begubha umkhakha womphakathi, bexosha amakhulu ezinkulungwane emisebenzini, futhi. ukuhlanganisa amaphakethe abo- ukuze ukhathazeke ngokuzumayo 'ngemisebenzi' yaseCanada kubonakala kuwukungathembeki.
Uma i-United States ifuna ukujezisa iCanada (neMexico, neJalimane, neFrance, namanye amazwe ayikhulu) ngokungahlanganyeli nayo ekuguquleni iwashi libuyele emuva eminyakeni engama-50 ezinsukwini zokudlwengulwa kwamakoloni, ngokwenza sengathi yonke imizabalazo yezwe. abantu abampofu bomhlaba ngenxa yokuzimela kwabo akukaze kwenzeke noma kungahlehliswa-ngokuhambisa izinkampani zabo nokuvala umngcele njengoba besabisa- Abantu baseCanada bangathola ukuthi ukucela izinsalela ezinkampanini zase-US akuzange kube nentshisekelo yethu. Ngempela, abanye baye bacela ukuduba imikhiqizo yase-US.
Uma, ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu baseCanada basebenzisa ukuhlanganiswa kwethu ne-US njengethuba lokufinyelela kubantu baseMelika, bethi, mhlawumbe, ukuthi "abangane abavumeli abangani benze ubugebengu bempi", lokhu kuhle. Abantu baseCanada nabaseMelika abamelene nempi bangenza ngokuhlanganyela.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwethu ne-US noma ukuzimela kwethu kuyo akusiphoqeleli ukuthi sithobele i-ajenda kahulumeni wayo wamanje. Ngokwezinga esihlanganiswe ngalo ne-US, sinesibopho sokuqinisekisa ukuthi indlela yethu efanayo ayikona ukwenza ubugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini. Ngokwezinga esinalo ukuzimela, kufanele sikusebenzise ukucindezela i-US ekufezeni umgomo ofanayo. Abantu baseCanada kufanele basize abantu baseMelika ukuthi bamise umbuso wabo, noma ngabe i-elite yethu evukelayo.