pay_equity_implementation_rate 31% three years after Act enactment. gender_pay_gap_index 0.87. The legislation exists. Enforcement does not. Automatic penalties for non-filing remove the institutional waiting game.

Epoch: 110

Domain: human_rights

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $0.15B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$10.88B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths

• +$8.58B → canada_health_transfer (Canada Health Transfer (CHT)) via gdp_growth
• +$2.31B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via food_affordability_index

Variable changes

• gender_pay_gap_index: {"new": 0.95, "old": 0.87}
• pay_equity_implementation_rate: {"new": 87.0, "old": 31.0}
• employment_equity_plan_compliance_rate: {"new": 82.0, "old": 44.0}
• rights_enforcement_accessibility_index: {"new": 0.58, "old": 0.31}