1. Canada's Acceptance of Nuclear Weapons in 1963
1.1. FOR
1.1.1. - Created a sense of security for Canadians, aware there was an defense mechanism against Soviet attacks. - American Bomarc missles would have been placed at missile sites along the Canadian border, This would have downed any bombers of the Soviets over civilian areas. For the safety of civilization, moving the missile sites towards the Northern of Canadian locations, would protect any downed aircraft or missiles from hitting civilians. - Avo Arrow was high in cost of the government, and ineffective at meeting Canada's security needs. - Joined the U.S. & established NORAD with any actions considered to be Anti-American would have been costly to international relations & trade.
1.2. AGAINST
1.2.1. - Foreign Affairs Minister Howard Green's opinion felt that to accept nuclear weapons in Canada was hypocritical & against foreign policy, as apart with the United Nations were striving towards global disarmament. In which Canadians agreed with. - Diefenbaker's Cabinet was divided on the issue & spread the image that the Conservatives lacked solidarity. Due to the revot on the issue, Diefenbaker government was forced to call an election & this replaced Lester B. Pearson's minority Liberal government. - This feared that it would result contribution to global suicide. - Giving up on the Arrow project, this was effectively destroying Canadian innovation for the sake of convenience & supporting the American industry.
2. Canada's Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
2.1. FOR
2.1.1. - 80% of Canadians voted on a poll to place Canadian troops on alert - Canadian ships and aircraft also participated in patrols at this time to locate Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic as apart of defense - Canada's navy played an important part in involvement because it allowed the United States to deploy its naval assets further south and thus participate directly in the 60-ship naval quarantine of Cuba.
2.2. AGAINST
2.2.1. - Prime Minister Diefenbaker was reluctant to have Canada drawn into a major conflict that seemed largely rooted in U.S. policy and interests The Canadian government refused to place Canada's NORAD forces on alert and did not allow U.S. planes with atomic weapons to land at Canadian bases. - Prime Minister Diefenbaker's decision has grealty affected Canada-U.S relations placing damage between the two. - The 1962 stationing of Soviet missiles in Cuba, which posed a threat to the United States and Canada, brought the world to the edge of nuclear war. - Prime Minister Diefenbaker hesitant response to the crisis aggravated U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and fuelled already difficult relations between Canada and the U.S. in the 1960s.
3. Scrapping of the Avro Arrow
3.1. FOR
3.1.1. - It would have been Canada's first supersonic jet fighter - This aircraft was to protect Canada & the U.S. since the shortest flying route to the U.S. is over Canada. - Aircraft was a large delta winged, twin engine plane that could leave bases in the South & reach the invaders in minutes, this making it successful to set flight during any attacks - This gave people jobs, even a portion of our best scientist to work on
3.2. AGAINST
3.2.1. - Avro Arrow cost six times more to produce than it's American counterpart & no one, not even Canadian Air Force wanted to buy it. - Opinions of the American officials conspired to kill the project because if they were not cable of building a fighter of a quality, then neither should Canada. - Diefenbaker government cancelled the Arrow project due to it's high production costs & few orders - Substantial funds were being diverted to the air force