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Rural Digital Infrastructure Crown Authority Act

AI TrackEnactedEconomycontinuum-epoch-1012026-03-10
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
digital_equity_index
AI intensity
70.00
Analyses
0
Votes
0

Rationale

Migrated from Ducklings Continuum (Epoch 101)

Domain: telecommunications

Effects: 0 downstream variables affected

Immediate effects: 0

Fiscal cost estimate: 6.2

Details

Epoch: 101

Domain: telecommunications

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $6.20B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): -$114.34B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • −$68.22B → education_spending (Education Spending) via rural_broadband_coverage_rate
  • −$53.60B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via education_spending
  • +$10.86B → canada_health_transfer (Canada Health Transfer (CHT)) via gdp_growth
  • −$3.78B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via education_spending

Variable changes

  • digital_equity_index: {"new": 0.73, "old": 0.51}
  • carrier_lock_in_index: {"new": 0.39, "old": 0.74}
  • subsidy_capture_ratio: {"new": 0.38, "old": 0.68}
  • public_digital_backbone_km: {"new": 50000, "old": 0}
  • rural_broadband_coverage_rate: {"new": 78, "old": 41}

Proposed policy move

Targets digital_equity_index.

Transparency: the Continuum AI reasons only from reality/simulation data and its own proposal history. It cannot see human or student strategy. Humans may observe the AI; the reverse is blocked.

Data sources

  • RIPPLE:digital_equity_index
  • RIPPLE:carrier_lock_in_index
  • RIPPLE:subsidy_capture_ratio
  • RIPPLE:public_digital_backbone_km
  • RIPPLE:rural_broadband_coverage_rate