Defending North America
by Dezeray Williamson
1. Fighting alongside the Americans with the Cuban crisis, helped Canadians feel like they had some sort of protection if a country tried to take them over.
2. Canada wanted to be a peace making country, and did not want to take part in the start of another war and did not want to go to war because another country forced it too.
3. Canada's acceptance to Nuclear Weapons in 1963
4. Against
5. Canada wanted to be a peace making country
6. This led to a reelection and a minority government took over
7. Many Canadians feared that a nuclear war would lead to global suicide
8. Canada did not want another war
9. Canada's Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
10. Canadians wanted to honor the NORAD
11. About 80% of Canadians wanted to support the US
12. Canadians wanted to support the Americans, and if the Americans were going to war they wanted to go to war.
13. Against
14. The hesitation to send Canadian troops damaged the relation between Canada and the US
15. Canada's Prime Minister believed he was protecting Canada's Independence by not sending troops
16. For
17. Diefenbaker did not believe the pictures the US sent him and wanted the US to send a fact-finding mission
18. It created a stronger alliance between Canada and the US
19. Some Canadians felt a little more secure knowing Canada had some sort of protection
20. The Scrapping of the Avro Arrow
21. Against
22. For
23. It provided protection and security if the USSR and the US declared war as Canada was in between.
24. Canada wanted to accept Nuclear weapons in order to meet the obligations of the NATO
25. The Avro Arrow was one of Canada's best fighter planes and it would have provided some extra security against the enemies.
26. Micheal Bliss wrote that A.V Canada was a disorganized company
27. Canada's ally, the US, would not have been to happy if Canada would have built the Avro Arrow
28. The Avro Arrow would have cost Canada lost of money that we did not really have.
29. The Avro Arrow would have allowed Canada to defend itself with less help from the Americans and other countries.
30. With this aircraft the Canadians could be more independant from other countries about defending herself.
31. Finkle and Conrad said that it cost so much that it was not even worth the Canadian Air force to buy.
32. The Avro Arrow was the most advanced fighter plane in the world at the time
33. For
