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Interprovincial Trade Barrier Elimination

AI TrackEnactedTradeqwen3.6:27b2026-02-26
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
interprovincial_trade_volume
AI intensity
0.50
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

Full implementation of CFTA with mutual recognition of professional credentials, harmonized trucking regulations, and digital trade corridors. Internal trade barriers cost Canada $130B annually — removing them is the cheapest growth lever available.

Details

Epoch: 11

Domain: trade

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $0.50B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$0.23B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$0.24B → canada_health_transfer (Canada Health Transfer (CHT)) via gdp_growth
  • −$0.01B → federal_budget_balance (Federal Budget Balance) via gdp_prairies

Causal effects: 56 downstream variables affected (43 immediate)

Divergence after: 58.378

Variable changes

  • interprovincial_trade_volume: 420 → 485

Proposed policy move

interprovincial_trade_volume: 420 → 485 (▲ 65)

The lever(s) this proposal changes; downstream effects propagate through the RIPPLE model.

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Amended

Round 0 — Amended (for 10 / against 0)
approved with amendments

Analyses

Impact Assessment: Interprovincial Trade Barrier Elimination · impact
confidence 50 · impact 58
Impact assessment for Interprovincial Trade Barrier Elimination — Trade. Modelled effect on 1 indicator: Interprovincial Trade Volume: 420 → 485 (▲ +65.00) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 56 downstream effects (43 immediate), post-enactment divergence from the real-Canada baseline of 58.4, over a short_term time horizon.
Fiscal Analysis: Interprovincial Trade Barrier Elimination · fiscal
confidence 50 · impact 1
Fiscal analysis for Interprovincial Trade Barrier Elimination. Estimated fiscal cost: $0.50B over a short_term horizon. Constitutional basis: s.121 free trade between provinces, Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Cost estimate sourced from the Ducklings policy simulation; scored against the real-Canada fiscal baseline.

Source audit

Grounded on reality-derived simulation state — source: ducklings · epoch 11 · 56 modelled effects · divergence 58.378.

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