Cishe kusenabantu abambalwa phakathi kwabasekeli abaqinile bempi yaseCanada e-Afghanistan abakholelwa ukuthi sikhona ukuze sibuyisele ukuthula, sidale intando yeningi, futhi sisize abesifazane baye esikoleni. Nokho phakathi kwabamelene nabo, amanani abo akhula, ukuhlaziya okuvame kakhulu ukuthi sikhona ukuze sijabulise i-US futhi sihlawulele iqiniso lokuthi iCanada ayizange ithumele amasosha e-Iraq - izikhalazo zivame ukubangelwa isililo seCanada ethanda uthando, "umthengisi othembekile," isizwe "sokugcina ukuthula".
Noma ngabe yiziphi izizathu zethu zokuhlasela i-Afghanistan kwasekuqaleni, izizathu zethu zokuba sisekhona azihlangene nokujabulisa i-United States nakho konke okuphathelene nezimbangela zempi ezivamile: ukuzizuzisa wena kanye nenzuzo. Futhi bonke abantu baseCanada banesandla ukuthi bayakwazi noma cha. Yebo, kuneqembu elincane lezinkampani zaseCanada eziceba ngale mpi. Kodwa njengoba izinzuzo zalezi zinkampani zondla izikhwama zethu zempesheni futhi zidala imisebenzi yaseCanada, labo bethu baseCanada abaphikisana nale mpi abanakuba ngaphansi kwanoma iyiphi inkohliso yokuthi ukuphikisa kwethu kusekelwe emzabalazweni olula phakathi kwezithakazelo zangasese kanye nenzuzo yomphakathi. Ukuze simelane nale mpi, akumele nje samukele indlela esizuza ngayo kuyo njengamanje, kodwa kufanele sikulungele ukwamukela imiphumela yokuyiqeda. Ngoba iqiniso liwukuthi ngeke liphele ngaphandle kwezindleko. Ekugcineni, ngaphandle nje kokuhoxa kule mpi, kufanele sihlangabezane nenselele ejulile yokuqeda ukuncika kwendawo yethu yomphakathi ngenzuzo yangasese yokwenza inzuzo ngempi.
Nakuba ingenamsebenzi ngokwamandla ayo ezempi, iCanada izuza empini ngezindlela eziningi. Ukuqala, sinelungelo elingabazisayo lokuba umphakeli wesithupha omkhulu wezimpahla zempi emhlabeni. Phakathi kuka-1997 no-2002, ukuthunyelwa kwezempi eCanada kwenyuka kusuka ku-$23 million kuya ku-$678 million. Kusukela lapho, ngokophenyo lwakamuva lwe-CBC (1), ukuthunyelwa kwezempi kweCanada kuphindeke kathathu. Nakuba ngaphansi koMthetho Wezimvume Zokuthekelisa Nokuthekelisa, uhulumeni kufanele abike ukuthunyelwa kwezempi kwakhe ephalamende, eminyakeni emine edlule - lokho ohulumeni abathathu abalandelanayo, ababili beLiberal kanye noyedwa we-Conservative - lokho akukenzeki. Ukugcina lolu lwazi luvela emphakathini kuwumkhuba onqamula imigqa yeqembu.
Ngakho ubani ozuzayo? Inkampani eyodwa manje okuhloswe ngayo izishoshovu ezimelene nempi e-Canada (2) i-SNC-Lavalin, enye yezinkampani ezinkulu zase-Canada ezihwebelana esidlangalaleni futhi ingesinye sabakhiqizi bayo abakhulu bezikhali. I-SNC-Lavalin ingumnikezeli omkhulu wezinhlamvu kuwo womabili amasosha aseCanada nawaseMelika. I-CAE ezinze eMontreal yenza izilingisi zendiza, futhi ngo-August yawina amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-60 ezinkontilekeni zempi zezindiza zase-US, eJalimane, eBrithani naseCanada (3). Ngonyaka odlule, i-DRS Technologies Canada kanye ne-L-3 Spar Aerospace Ltd. bathengisele i-Netherlands ne-Norway izigidi zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-87 ngokulandelana - amazwe amabili anamasosha e-NATO e-Afghanistan. IGeneral Dynamics yaseCanada, ngakolunye uhlangothi, iye yasekela ukuthathwa kwe-Iraq ngenani elimangalisayo lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-658 ekuthengisweni kwempahla yezempi ebuthweni lezempi laseMelika ngo-2006. Futhi konke lokhu kumane kuyisiqephu seqhwa. (4)
I-Canada ayinayo indawo yezempi-yezimboni njenge-United States, nakuba kukhona ukufana. Impela, njenge-US, iCanada ibona imboni yayo yezokuvikela ithatha indima ekhulayo emnothweni wayo wasekhaya, ngemisebenzi eminingi nezimboni ezihlobene zincike ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile ekuthengisweni kwempahla yezempi. E-US, asikho isifunda esisodwa sikakhongolose lapho izinkulungwane zemisebenzi zingancikile ekuthengisweni kwezikhali nezinye izimboni ezisekela impi. I-Canada ayikabi khona, futhi ngokungafani ne-US, ayinalo ibutho elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni eliphishekela umbuso imboni yezikhali incike empilweni yayo.
Njengoba ukuthengiswa okuningi kwempahla yezempi kungayi ebuthweni laseCanada, umuntu angase abuze ukuthi kungani iCanada ingakhathazeka ngezindleko zokugcina amasosha angu-2,500 e-Afghanistan. Impendulo iwukuthi iCanada isiphenduke i-lynchpin emkhankasweni obhebhezela imakethe yokuthengiswa kwezikhali emhlabeni wonke. Uma iCanada ibingahoxisa amasosha ayo e-Afghanistan ngaphandle kokuthola ukushintshwa, yonke le mishini ingaba sengozini yokuwa, yehlise nayo imakethe yokuthunyelwa kwezempi kweCanada.
Lokho akuyona into noma yimuphi uhulumeni waseCanada ozozifaka engcupheni. Iqembu laseCanada elilwela amalungelo abantu iCoalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) libika ukuthi iCanada Pension Plan itshale imali engaphezu kuka-$2.55 billion ezimbonini zezempi nezihlobene nazo zombili eCanada naphesheya. Lokhu kwenza wonke umuntu waseCanada, azi noma engazi, abe ngumzuzi wempi. Ngo-2005, i-Seven Oaks Magazine yabika, "uhulumeni [waseBritish Columbia] ulawula i-BC Investment Management Corporation, yona elawula imali eyizigidigidi ezingama-R63 ekutshalweni kwesikhwama sempesheni yoHlelo Lwempesheni Kamasipala, Uhlelo Lwempesheni Yekolishi, Uhlelo Lwempesheni Yabasebenzi Bakahulumeni kanye Uhlelo Lwempesheni Yothisha. Kusukela ngomhla zingama-31 kuNdasa, 2004, lezi zimali ezitshaliwe zazihlanganisa isitoko senani eliyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.6 ezinkampanini ezingu-251 ezikhiqiza izinto zempi kanye/noma izinkontileka zokuhlinzeka ngezimpahla noma izinsizakalo ePentagon." (5)
Njengothisha oye wazama ngokungaphumeleli ukwenza inyunyana yami yamukele inqubomgomo yokuphikisana nokuba khona kwabasebenzi bezempi ezikoleni, ngithola ukufakwa kwe-BC Teachers Pension Fund kukhathaza ikakhulukazi kulolu hlu lwabahlomula ngempi. Ngokwesikhungo, vele, othisha bebelokhu befeza izimfuno zamandla ombuso - futhi e-Ontario, lapho ngifundisa khona, ngaphansi koMthetho Wezemfundo, empeleni, siphethwe nguhulumeni, amahora angamashumi amabili nane ngosuku, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto. Nokho ngikuthola kuyingozi ikakhulukazi lapho ababheki bakahulumeni bezingane ezise-loco parentis benentshisekelo eqinile yokuthi amacala abo abe yingxenye yempi ehlanganisa izimali zabo zempesheni. Lokhu kuyinkinga kakhulu.
Kulabo abakhathazwa ukwanda kwezempi komphakathi waseCanada, ukuqeda ukusebenza kweCanada e-Afghanistan kumane kuyisiqalo sendaba. Yebo, njengoba impi ikhula ngokungathandeki, iCanada cishe izohoxisa amasosha ayo empini esebenzayo, futhi kungenzeka ngokushesha kunalokho esikucabangayo, noma mhlawumbe kuzoba impumelelo yamabhomu eTaliban eceleni komgwaqo, hhayi umbono womphakathi, okuzoqeda. kumishini yaseCanada e-Afghanistan. Kodwa-ke ngaphandle kokuthi sikwazi ukudalula ukuncika okwandayo phakathi kwabathumeli bezempi ngaphandle kanye nomkhakha womphakathi kuleli zwe, sizobe sizuze ukuphumula kwesikhashana kwamanye ama-Afghanistan amaningi azolandela.
UJason Kunin unguthisha eToronto. Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe].
amanothi:
1.http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourview/2007/10/canadas_military_exports_soar.html. 2. Umkhankaso othi Akekho Ongekho Emthethweni, http://users.resist.ca/noii-van.resist.ca/snc.html.
3. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/08/07/cae-contracts.html. 4. I-Project Plowshares, i-ejensi yamasonto onke yoMkhandlu Wamasonto WaseCanada, ishicilela umbiko omuhle wonyaka wokudayiswa kwezikhali eCanada, ewuthumele ku- http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/monitor/mons07i.pdf.
5.http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/features/60_feat2.html.
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