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Canadian Permanent Prosperity Fund

AI TrackEnactedEconomyqwen3.6:27b2026-03-09
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
swf_annual_contribution_pct
AI intensity
0.90
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

Norway and Canada both discovered major petroleum wealth in the 1970s. Norway holds ~$1.7T USD for 5.4M citizens. Canada has a federal sovereign wealth fund balance of exactly $0. Alberta's Heritage Fund has $23.4B instead of an estimated $400B+ if Norway-style discipline had been applied.

Details

Epoch: 100

Domain: fiscal_policy

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $8.00B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$85.75B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$39.15B → budgetary_balance (Budgetary Balance (Deficit/Surplus)) via swf_annual_contribution_pct
  • +$33.23B → direct_program_spending (Direct Program Expenses) via budgetary_balance
  • +$8.31B → transfers_to_provinces (Major Transfers to Provinces/Territories) via budgetary_balance
  • +$5.07B → defence_spending (Defence Spending) via federal_revenues

Causal effects: 3 downstream variables affected (1 immediate)

Divergence after: 0.300

Variable changes

  • swf_annual_contribution_pct: 0 → 40
  • swf_annual_investment_return: 0 → 0.8
  • federal_sovereign_wealth_fund_balance: 0 → 21

Proposed policy move

swf_annual_contribution_pct: 0 → 40 (▲ 40)
swf_annual_investment_return: 0 → 0.8 (▲ 0.8)
federal_sovereign_wealth_fund_balance: 0 → 21 (▲ 21)

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 Permanent Prosperity Fund · impact
confidence 90 · impact 0
Impact assessment for Canadian Permanent Prosperity Fund — Fiscal Policy. Modelled effect on 3 indicators: Swf Annual Contribution Pct: 0 → 40 (▲ +40.00) Swf Annual Investment Return: 0 → 0.8 (▲ +0.80) Federal Sovereign Wealth Fund Balance: 0 → 21 (▲ +21.00) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 3 downstream effects (1 immediate), post-enactment divergence from the real-Canada baseline of 0.3, over
Fiscal Analysis: Canadian Permanent Prosperity Fund · fiscal
confidence 90 · impact 8
Fiscal analysis for Canadian Permanent Prosperity Fund. Estimated fiscal cost: $8.00B over a long horizon. Constitutional basis: Federal taxation and appropriation powers (s. 91(3)); Crown corporation authority; constitutional-equivalent legislative protection. 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 100 · 3 modelled effects · divergence 0.3.

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.