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TMX Pipeline at Full Capacity: 95%

AI TrackEnactedEnergyqwen3.6:27b2026-02-26
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
tmx_capacity_utilization
AI intensity
0.50
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

Trans Mountain expansion reaches full operational capacity at 95% utilization. Chain: tmx_capacity_utilization -> western_canadian_select_discount (-0.40, d1). Higher pipeline throughput narrows the WCS-WTI price spread that has cost Alberta billions in stranded value.

Details

Epoch: 45

Domain: energy

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $8.70B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$8.53B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; agrees)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$5.72B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via business_investment
  • +$1.61B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via business_investment
  • +$0.73B → education_spending (Education Spending) via business_investment
  • +$0.42B → industry_spending (Department of Industry Spending) via business_investment

Causal effects: 1 downstream variables affected (0 immediate)

Divergence after: 310.406

Variable changes

  • tmx_capacity_utilization: 75 → 95

Proposed policy move

tmx_capacity_utilization: 75 → 95 (▲ 20)

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 Pipeline at Full Capacity: 95% · impact
confidence 50 · impact 310
Impact assessment for TMX Pipeline at Full Capacity: 95% — Energy. Modelled effect on 1 indicator: Tmx Capacity Utilization: 75 → 95 (▲ +20.00) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 1 downstream effect (0 immediate), post-enactment divergence from the real-Canada baseline of 310.4, over a immediate time horizon.
Fiscal Analysis: TMX Pipeline at Full Capacity: 95% · fiscal
confidence 50 · impact 9
Fiscal analysis for TMX Pipeline at Full Capacity: 95%. Estimated fiscal cost: $8.70B over a immediate horizon. Constitutional basis: Federal 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 45 · 1 modelled effects · divergence 310.406.

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.