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Economic relations with the United States is probably the single most important thing to Canada’s success or failure as a state

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• Food and Agriculture: • Terminated 239 contracts worth $1.7 billion, including a “Queer Farmers ‘Food Justice’ Program.” • Targeted Department of Agriculture programs, including the U.S. Forest Service, though specific cuts were not detailed.

• Social Security and Veterans’ Services:
• While DOGE has not explicitly cut Social Security or veterans’ health care, its focus on expired programs (e.g., the Veterans’ Health Care Eligibility Act, $119 billion in 2024) has raised concerns about potential future cuts.

• Other:
• Canceled a $143,000 DoT contract, though details were not specified.
• Terminated contracts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education Department worth over $900 million combined.
• Targeted programs like Head Start, NASA, and NOAA, which have expired authorizations.

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• DOGE has focused on canceling consulting contracts deemed wasteful or non-essential.

• Examples:
• Canceled 12 consulting contracts at the General Services Administration (GSA) and Department of Education, saving ~$30 million, including a $23 million work order for “digital modernization Program Management Office support.”
• Terminated 58 contracts worth over $150 million, including media and consulting categories, such as $405,000 at DHS for “resilience, energy, and sustainability management program support services.”
• Axed 36 contracts across six agencies, saving $165 million.
• Canceled a $4.6 million Department of Education contract to coordinate Zoom and in-person meetings and a $3 million contract to write a report that showed prior reports were underutilized.

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You shite libs are triggered

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