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Canadian Sovereign Maritime Sensor Network

AI TrackEnactedDefenceqwen3.6:27b2026-03-09
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
maritime_domain_awareness_coverage
AI intensity
0.50
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

Canada's EEZ (5.6M km²) has only 34% persistent sensor coverage. US defence data dependency at 0.71. Only 25% of NATO-eligible spending is domestic. The Aikido AO60DC dual-use platforms solve all three: wind + AI compute + sensors on Canadian-built platforms, 100% NATO-eligible, 100% domestically retained, zero US dependency. Flips capital outflow equation while closing Arctic surveillance gap and reducing Golden Dome dependency.

Details

Epoch: 100

Domain: defence

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $3.20B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$303.72B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$193.05B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via employment_rate
  • +$43.09B → defence_spending (Defence Spending) via arctic_platform_deployment_count
  • +$20.28B → defense_spending (Defence Spending (DND)) via offshore_platform_maintenance_cost
  • +$20.05B → federal_budget_balance (Federal Budget Balance) via offshore_platform_maintenance_cost

Variable changes

  • us_defence_data_dependency: 0.71 → 0.45
  • defence_capital_outflow_foreign: 7.95 → 5.5
  • arctic_platform_deployment_count: 0 → 3
  • sovereign_sensor_network_coverage: 0.28 → 0.62
  • maritime_domain_awareness_coverage: 34 → 72
  • nato_eligible_domestic_spend_ratio: 25 → 45
  • offshore_platform_maintenance_cost: 0 → 0.15
  • offshore_sovereign_compute_capacity: 0 → 36

Proposed policy move

us_defence_data_dependency: 0.71 → 0.45 (▼ -0.26)
defence_capital_outflow_foreign: 7.95 → 5.5 (▼ -2.45)
arctic_platform_deployment_count: 0 → 3 (▲ 3)
sovereign_sensor_network_coverage: 0.28 → 0.62 (▲ 0.34)
maritime_domain_awareness_coverage: 34 → 72 (▲ 38)
nato_eligible_domestic_spend_ratio: 25 → 45 (▲ 20)
offshore_platform_maintenance_cost: 0 → 0.15 (▲ 0.15)
offshore_sovereign_compute_capacity: 0 → 36 (▲ 36)

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

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Amended

Round 0 — Amended (for 9 / against 1)
approved with amendments

Analyses

Impact Assessment: Canadian Sovereign Maritime Sensor Network · impact
confidence 50 · impact 0
Impact assessment for Canadian Sovereign Maritime Sensor Network — Defence. Modelled effect on 8 indicators: Us Defence Data Dependency: 0.71 → 0.45 (▼ -0.26) Defence Capital Outflow Foreign: 7.95 → 5.5 (▼ -2.45) Arctic Platform Deployment Count: 0 → 3 (▲ +3.00) Sovereign Sensor Network Coverage: 0.28 → 0.62 (▲ +0.34) Maritime Domain Awareness Coverage: 34 → 72 (▲ +38.00) Nato Eligible Domestic Sp
Fiscal Analysis: Canadian Sovereign Maritime Sensor Network · fiscal
confidence 50 · impact 3
Fiscal analysis for Canadian Sovereign Maritime Sensor Network. Estimated fiscal cost: $3.20B over a long horizon. 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 · 0 modelled effects.

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.