almost nothing about this story agree with the fact . the most pertinent of those be public knowledge and the cabinet minute be post athttp represent or or www . international . gc . ca or department or history histoire or dcer or detail en . asp . intrefid equal 8169diefenbaker government be tell the cost of the aircraft would be nearly $ 10 million each and the r. c. a. f. now have nine all weather squadron and the present programme call for their re equipment with the cf 105 and require a production order of 169 in number . these and together with aircraft recover from the development and pre production order for 37 and would provide sufficient aircraft for nine squadron . the total cost would be $ 2 billion spread from 1959 60 to 1963 64 . ( this compare to $ 2 million for a voodoo or $ 3 . 75 million for a delta dart . ) the military recommend cancel the program and finally and the cost of the cf 105 programme a a whole be now of such a magnitude that the chief of staff felt that and to meet the modest requirement of man aircraft presently consider advisable and it would be more economical to procure a fully developed interceptor of comparable performance in the u. s. note that the government be tell the arrow be comparable to other aircraft and not that it could fly high and faster and or further than anything else . the film be a little piece of political propaganda and deserve a negative score for be less than useless but the choice be limit to positive value . it actually deserve something closer to positive .