The Reality Check Episode 44

Avro Arrow Conspiracy + Brain Drain + Beavertails

Avro Arrow

Part 1:

What is the Avro Arrow? 

The Avro Arrow (CF-105) is an advanced, supersonic, twin-engined, all weather interceptor jet aircraft developed by A.V. Roe of Canada. He worked on it from 1949 until the government's controversial cancellation of the project in 1959. It was developed to take out Soviet bombers. It was a really promising project. They had better results than any other plane in the world. The government somehow came out with a crazy idea that it's bad for the Canadian citizens. What most people think it's that the US is threatened by Canadian's power. At the end of WW2, Canada had the 4th largest military in the world. Another thing the government cancelled the project is probably because the military was putting more and more money into it. One more thing is that hen the bombers wasn't a big threat anymore, then there wasn't any point of using the Avro Arrows. One last thing is that because time is moving on, and the world just didn't need those kind of specialized interceptor planes anymore. 

Part 2: 

Is there a brain drain? Is it true that all the doctors and supposedly smart people are leaving Canada to the US? 

In the 70s, the immigration was 0.26%, while emigration was 0.27%. In the 80s, immigration was 0.52%, and emigration was 0.19%. In the 90s, immigration was 0.73%, and emigration was 0.15%. So, over the part 2 decades, it means the number of people entering is 3 times of people leaving. But, it's true that the people leaving have a average higher education than the people coming in. Canada did lose important and smart people to the US, but that is a really small percent. the brain drain is actually a trickle. 

The Reality Check is thinking that there are much more scholarships and opportunities in the US for being rich and famous, Canada doesn't have scholarships for sports as well. So, this probably is one reason why more people are moving out and moving in. 

Science Myth of the Week:

What is a Beavertail? It's a famous Canadian delicacy, it's mostly in Ottawa.

Are those real beaver tails? No, it's just a delicacy shaped like a beaver tail.