Federal procurement prioritizing Canadian suppliers for steel, aluminum, and lumber, fully implemented by spring 2026 for contracts of $5M or more. This is a direct response to the US trade war — building domestic supply chains to reduce US import dependency. Represents a structural shift in procurement policy.

Epoch: 114

Domain: trade

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $2.50B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$0.00B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Variable changes

• export_diversification_index: {"new": 0.33, "old": 0.28}
• buy_canadian_procurement_share: {"new": 0.78, "old": 0.45}