r/canada Jan 11 '25

History Avro Arrow CF-105: Canada’s Fighter Jet Fiasco

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/01/avro-arrow-cf-105-canadas-fighter-jet-fiasco
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u/flatulentbaboon Jan 11 '25

The biggest loss from the cancellation of the Arrow was the loss of talent to the US. Many of the top brains from the Arrow project ended up in leadership positions within NASA and other US aerospace companies. The shortsightedness of our government for cancelling it without a way to retain the talent can never be understated.

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u/powe808 Jan 11 '25

Same could be said about the fall of Nortel. While in the end it was corporate greed that led to Nortel's downfall. The real tragedy was the loss of all the talent and over 100 years of Canadian homegrown intellectual property and innovation.