The business of war: Canada has a sizeable arms industry that is joined at the hip to the huge military production system in the United States. Canada and the World Backgrounder | May 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Canada & the World. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

The Avro Arrow (pictured below) was a marvel of Canadian engineering. The military interceptor aircraft first flew in 1958. Faster and more advanced than any warplane flying or under design at the time, the Avro Arrow was years ahead of its time.

Slightly less than one year after its first test flight the Avro Arrow program was cancelled. The Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker decided that Canada could not afford to build such sophisticated weapons from scratch. In future, Canada's arms makers would function as suppliers of parts ...

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