Remembrance Day highlights the need to support veterans. Improving veteran services can enhance their quality of life and contribute to national wellbeing.

Epoch: 119

Domain: Veterans

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $7.74B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$7.72B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; agrees)

Top RIPPLE cost paths

• +$5.32B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via mental_health_index
• +$1.50B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via mental_health_index
• +$0.68B → education_spending (Education Spending) via mental_health_index
• +$0.20B → defense_spending (Defence Spending (DND)) via mental_health_index

Causal effects: 560 downstream (521 immediate)

Divergence after: 180.654

Variable changes

• veteran_services_rating: {"new": 72.0, "old": 62.0}