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TMX Full Utilization: Pipeline to Asia

AI TrackEnactedEnergyqwen3.6:27b2026-02-26

Track

AI Track

RIPPLE variable

tmx_pipeline_capacity

AI intensity

0.50

Analyses

Votes

Rationale

TMX expansion to full 1200 kbpd capacity unlocks Asian market access for Alberta bitumen. Chain: TMX -> oil_export_volume -> energy_exports_to_us -> exports_to_us/alberta_gdp. Also: TMX -> WCS_discount(-0.3) -> alberta_resource_revenue. Reduces price discount that costs Alberta billions.

Details

Epoch: 21

Domain: energy

Fiscal cost estimate: +$0.00B CAD net (RIPPLE-derived; LLM omitted)

Causal effects: 15 downstream variables affected (8 immediate)

Divergence after: 60.166

Variable changes

tmx_pipeline_capacity: 890 → 1200

Proposed policy move

tmx_pipeline_capacity: 890 → 1,200 (▲ 310)

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

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Passed

Round 0 — Passed (for 8 / against 2)
majority support

Analyses

Impact Assessment: TMX Full Utilization: Pipeline to Asia · impact

confidence 50 · impact 60

Impact assessment for TMX Full Utilization: Pipeline to Asia — Energy. Modelled effect on 1 indicator: Tmx Pipeline Capacity: 890 → 1200 (▲ +310.00) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 15 downstream effects (8 immediate), post-enactment divergence from the real-Canada baseline of 60.2, over a short_term time horizon.

Fiscal Analysis: TMX Full Utilization: Pipeline to Asia · fiscal

confidence 50 · impact 0

Fiscal analysis for TMX Full Utilization: Pipeline to Asia. Estimated fiscal cost: $0.00B over a short_term horizon. Constitutional basis: Federal interprovincial pipeline jurisdiction (s.92(10)(a)), Canada Energy Regulator. 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 21 · 15 modelled effects · divergence 60.166.

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.