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Canadian Sovereign Procurement Standard

AI TrackEnactedDefenceqwen3.6:27b2026-03-09
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
defence_ubo_canadian_share
AI intensity
0.65
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

Of the 2025 CDR Top 100 Canadian Defence Companies, 66 are genuinely Canadian-owned under a UBO test; 34 are foreign subsidiaries whose profits repatriate abroad. Only 13 of the top 30 firms are Canadian-owned, and the top 30 hold ~80% of contract value. Canada spends ~$30.6B/year on defence; ~$5.2B/year in profit flows to foreign shareholders.

Details

Epoch: 95

Domain: defence

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $0.05B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$5.38B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$2.43B → defence_spending (Defence Spending) via arctic_icebreaker_readiness
  • +$1.23B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via trade_balance
  • +$1.18B → defence_capital_spending (Defence Capital Spending) via defence_capital_outflow_foreign
  • +$0.35B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via trade_balance

Causal effects: 2 downstream variables affected (0 immediate)

Divergence after: 0.200

Variable changes

  • defence_ubo_canadian_share: 35 → 67
  • defence_capital_outflow_foreign: 7.8 → 4.9
  • defence_profit_repatriation_foreign: 5.2 → 1.4

Proposed policy move

defence_ubo_canadian_share: 35 → 67 (▲ 32)
defence_capital_outflow_foreign: 7.8 → 4.9 (▼ -2.9)
defence_profit_repatriation_foreign: 5.2 → 1.4 (▼ -3.8)

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

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Amended

Round 0 — Amended (for 8 / against 2)
approved with amendments

Analyses

Impact Assessment: Canadian Sovereign Procurement Standard · impact
confidence 65 · impact 0
Impact assessment for Canadian Sovereign Procurement Standard — Defence. Modelled effect on 3 indicators: Defence Ubo Canadian Share: 35 → 67 (▲ +32.00) Defence Capital Outflow Foreign: 7.8 → 4.9 (▼ -2.90) Defence Profit Repatriation Foreign: 5.2 → 1.4 (▼ -3.80) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 2 downstream effects (0 immediate), post-enactment divergence from the real-Canada baseline of 0.2,
Fiscal Analysis: Canadian Sovereign Procurement Standard · fiscal
confidence 65 · impact 0
Fiscal analysis for Canadian Sovereign Procurement Standard. Estimated fiscal cost: $0.05B over a long horizon. Constitutional basis: Federal procurement authority (s. 91); CUSMA Article 13.3(c) national security exception; Investment Canada Act alignment. 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 95 · 2 modelled effects · divergence 0.2.

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.