GG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@iuculano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iuculano</span></a></span> "In June 1957, when the governing Liberals lost the federal election and a Progressive Conservative govt under John Diefenbaker took power, the aircraft's prospects began to noticeably change. <br>Diefenbaker had campaigned on a platform of reining in what the Conservatives described as "rampant Liberal spending" and cancelled the supersonic Avro Arrow fighter jet in February 1959."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CancelandCut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancelandCut</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a></p>