Pros And Cons Of The Avro Arrow Allocation

Ever since the Avro Arrow's cancellation, many arguments and conspiracy theories revolving around the reasons of the aircraft's production cancellation have erupted. The Avro Arrow was an all weather interceptor jet equipped with twin engines, and it was known as one of the most advanced aircraft of its time. It was created so that an aircraft capable of countering the threat of the Soviet bombers could be readily available to defend the Canadian North. By the end of 1953, the government was persuaded to begin a production run of 600 aircrafts, in which the cost per aircraft would reach up to two million dollars (CAD). The original order was later reduced to 100 after Canada was forced to produce the engine, missile system, and fire control
The development of fire control and the missile system by Canada was cancelled by the government as an effort to reduce the cost; and the attempt to sell to the United States also failed. On February 20, 1959, the project was cancelled, and its cancellation was followed by the order to destroy all plans and prototypes of the Avro Arrow. Although the Avro Arrow would have benefited Canada, the government still chose to proceed with the cancellation of the project. This was a bad move by the government, due to the facts that 14000 jobs were lost in the process, money already spent on the project was lost, and many skillful Canadian engineers were lost to American space programs. Firstly, the act of cancelling the program resulted in approximately 14000 jobs to be lost. After the production of the Avro Arrow was cancelled, A.V. Roe, the founder of Avro Canada, had fired 14,000 employees with jobs relating to the production of the Avro Arrow. This move had deeply affected the population in the Greater Toronto Area, as the production was taking place in Malton, Ontario, and many of the workers lived in surrounding cities including Brampton. A great amount of families were impacted by this,