Defending North America
by Austin Kony
1. Canada's Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
1.1. FOR: Canada should have intervened with the missile crisis because they are part of the UN
1.2. FOR: Canada should have intervened because of their relationship with the USA
1.3. FOR: Canada should have listened to its people before the vote to take action
1.4. FOR: Canada would make a difference if beside the USA with the crisis, would have not been escalated as much as it was
1.5. AGAINST: Canada does not need the attention and has no need to include themselves
1.6. AGAINST: Refusing the USA would protect independence
1.7. AGAINST: The issue was largely rooted on USA affairs and Canada did not need to include themselves
1.8. AGAINST: Intervening would make Canada look like a threat
2. The Scrapping of the Avro Arrow
2.1. FOR: It was too expensive.
2.2. FOR: There was no orders and noone wanted to buy it.
2.3. FOR: If America cant build a fighter as awesome as that, neither should Canada.
2.4. FOR: Some thing the missile is the way to go instead of the jet.
2.5. AGAINST: The Avro Arrow would have been such a great innovation for Canada.
2.6. AGAINST: The Avro Arrow would have made Canada a technological leader.
2.7. AGAINST: The Russians have launched "Sputnik", And the Arrow wold be a good counter.
2.8. AGAINST: The program could have actually been completed with the cancelation fee.
3. Canada's Acceptance of Nuclear Weapons in 1963
3.1. FOR: It is Canada's responsibility as a NORAD ally to have nuclear missiles.
3.2. FOR: Nuclear weapons would help against communist aggression.
3.3. FOR: Nuclear weapons are good for Offence.
3.4. FOR: The weapons would stand as a warning to other countries that Canada is not to be messed with.
3.5. AGAINST: Nuclear weapons are a danger to us all.
3.6. AGAINST: Nuclear weapons would tell other countries that it is a threat.
3.7. AGAINST: Canada is a peaceful country and will not use a weapon of mass destruction.
3.8. AGAINST: Nuclear weapons would compromise the safety of Canadians.
