ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᕕᒃᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊ, ᓂᒡᓕᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ. ᐃᓂᒐᔭᐅᔪᖅ 57,000−ᖏᓐᓃᐸᓗᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐳᐃᔨᓄᑦ, ᓂᒋᐊᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᔫᕋᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᖏᓐᓂ ᓯᑳᓐᑎᓇᐃᕕᔭ, ᔫᒪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕋᓴ.
ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᓂᒋᑉᐸᓯᖕᒦᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓇᔪᒐᖃᕐᕕᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᑉᐳᖅ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᒥᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑯᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ.
ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᑦ ᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ
ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊᑕ ᐃᒪᖏᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑰᖕᓂ, ᑎᓂᓐᓂᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᓴᙱᔪᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᓄᕆᓲᖅ, ᐊᐅᔭᑯᑖᓲᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᑯᖓᑕ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᓴᖅᑮᕗᖅ ᐆᒪᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓇᔪᒐᖃᕐᕕᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᒃᑲᓂᖅᐹᖓᓂ, ᒥᑭᓐᓂᖅᐹᓂᖓ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ. ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᑐᓃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖏᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᕚᖏᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᑕᓇᐃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᕇ, ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᒪᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᑐᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 6,000 ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ. ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᖅ, 41-ᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓯᒡᔭᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᒪᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᓂᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕙᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ.
ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᑯᕕᓂᖓ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᒪᑲᓐᓯᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᐃᓐᑦ ᓗᐊᕋᓐᔅ ᑰᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᓕ ᑕᐅᕙᙵ ᐳᕋᐃᕆᓂ, ᓇᐹᖅᑐᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᓗᐊᕋᑦᓯᐊᓐ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ.
ᑕᐅᕙᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᖓᑕ ᓯᒡᔭᖏᓐᓂ, ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑰᒃᕕᐅᓂᖅᐹᖁᑎᖏᑦ − ᓰᔪᓪ, ᑰᒡᔪᐊᖅ, ᕼᐊᐃᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᐅᓪᓴᓐ – ᐆᒪᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᓂᒃ ᑯᕕᑎᑦᑎᓲᑦ ᑕᐅᓄᖓ ᑕᕆᐅᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᓄᑦ. ᑎᓂᓐᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑭᓱᖃᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐳᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᖕᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ. ᐊᐅᔭᑕᒫᑦ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᓂ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐆᓇᔪᒃᑐᒧᑦ, ᐃᒃᑲᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᒪᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕆᔭᐅᖅᑐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖏᐅᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ. ᑑᒑᓖᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓲᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᓪᓗ ᐃᑭᕋᓴᖓ ᐃᒪᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓴᓪᓕᓂ. ᓈᑦᑏᓪᓗ ᓇᓄᐃᓪ ᓯᑯᒦᑉᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᒡᔭᖅᐸᓯᖓᓂ. ᒥᓕᔭᓐᑎᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᐊᓕᒐᓂᒡᓗ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ ᑕᒪᐅᖓ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᑕᒫᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ.
ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊ ᓯᑯᐃᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓱᒃᑲᓕᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᓂᒋᑉᐸᓯᖕᒦᓐᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ. ᓴᓇᕕᒡᔪᐊᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᖔᖅ ᑰᒃᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᒥᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑯᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔫᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᒥ. ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᓴᓇᕙᒃᑕᖓᓂl, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒫᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᐅᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᖅᐸᓯᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓅᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂ.
ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒃᓴᖅ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ
ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᓵᖅᑐᓂ, ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᒨᖓᔪᖅ ᐱᐅᖅᓱᐊᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓰᔪᓪ, ᓂᐊᓪᓴᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑰᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᑰᖏᓐᓂ ᑎᓂᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᐅᖅᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅᓴᒧᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᕚᖏᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒡᕕᕕᓂᐊ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᑦ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᑦ ᐊᑐᓲᖑᒻᒪᖔᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ.
2016-ᒥ, ᒫᓂᑑᐸᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓ ᓴᖅᑮᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕆᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓂ ᑕᐅᕙᓃᒃᐸᒃᑐᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ. ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᐅᑉ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᖓ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓂ ᐊᒥᓲᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓱᓕ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᓯᑯᖃᓗᐊᕈᓐᓃᕐᓂᖓ, ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᓯᑯᐃᓯᒪᑯᑖᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓱᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᒪᐃᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓄᑦ−ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂ ᓂᐱᓕᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ. ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒪᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕙᒃᑐᓂ 60 ᐆᒃᑑᑎᓂ ᐃᑎᓂᓕᖕᒥ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ 90 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥ ᓇᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ.
ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᐅᖅᓱᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᐊᑕᕐᓄᑦ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓂ ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑐᓂ, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓂ−ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᑰᒡᔪᐊᖅ, ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᓂᒋᑉᐸᓯᐊᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ$5.6 ᒥᓕᔭᓐᓂᒃ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥ ᐃᓕᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᐅᖅᓱᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᑦ ᓇᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᑎᓐᓂ ᑭᒍᕚᒃᓴᑎᓐᓄᑦ.
ᑕᕆᐅᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ.:
- ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐱᐅᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᓰᔪᓪ, ᓂᐊᓪᓴᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑰᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᑰᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᒫᓂᑑᐸᐃᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑯᕇᓗ ᓄᓇᑖᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ;
- ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᒪᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐳᐃᔨᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂ.
ᔮᓂ ᒪᒻᒑᒃ ᐃᓚᖏᓪᓗ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ.
ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ: ᑕᕆᐅᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ
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