The fascination with the Avro Arrow is a mixed blessing for Canada. On the one hand its confirmation we could be technological leaders, but on the other hand it lays bare exactly how Canada has failed for the 60 years since to push the envelope.

As a country we really need to look forward. Not talk about that one time we almost, just about, did something amazing - but then cancelled it.

Its not mentioned in the article, but at least when I was taught about it in school the subtext is the Americans forced the cancellation. Discussion about ICBMs making long range bombers obsolete (and therefore interceptor planes like the Arrow) weren't brought up.