Avro Arrow ambition is needed to meet this moment

Defence industrial capacity grows when government sends clear and sustained market signals coupled with firm long-term contracts.

We did not develop the capacity that led to the Avro Arrow program in a single budget cycle, so we shouldn’t expect Canada to rebuild its modern defence sector in 12 months, writes David Pierce. Photograph courtesy of of Ken Mist/Flickr

Opinion

BY DAVID PIERCE

November 19, 2025

At the end of the Second World War, western leaders set out to build a defence system that would stand the test of time. Military readiness, industrial capacity, and strategic infrastructure were treated as national imperatives. In the process, Canada developed the world’s...

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