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Rural Digital Infrastructure Crown Authority Act

AI TrackEnactedqwen3.6:27b2026-03-10
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
public_digital_backbone_km
AI intensity
0.50
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

Rural broadband 41%, carrier_lock_in 0.74, subsidy_capture 0.68. Crown open-access backbone.

Details

Epoch: 101

Domain: telecommunications

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $6.20B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): -$114.34B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • −$68.22B → education_spending (Education Spending) via rural_broadband_coverage_rate
  • −$53.60B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via education_spending
  • +$10.86B → canada_health_transfer (Canada Health Transfer (CHT)) via gdp_growth
  • −$3.78B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via education_spending

Variable changes

  • digital_equity_index: 0.51 → 0.73
  • carrier_lock_in_index: 0.74 → 0.39
  • subsidy_capture_ratio: 0.68 → 0.38
  • public_digital_backbone_km: 0 → 50000
  • rural_broadband_coverage_rate: 41 → 78

Proposed policy move

digital_equity_index: 0.51 → 0.73 (▲ 0.22)
carrier_lock_in_index: 0.74 → 0.39 (▼ -0.35)
subsidy_capture_ratio: 0.68 → 0.38 (▼ -0.3)
public_digital_backbone_km: 0 → 50,000 (▲ 50,000)
rural_broadband_coverage_rate: 41 → 78 (▲ 37)

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

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Passed

Round 0 — Passed (for 9 / against 1)
majority support

Analyses

Impact Assessment: Rural Digital Infrastructure Crown Authority Act · impact
confidence 50 · impact 0
Impact assessment for Rural Digital Infrastructure Crown Authority Act — Telecommunications. Modelled effect on 5 indicators: Digital Equity Index: 0.51 → 0.73 (▲ +0.22) Carrier Lock In Index: 0.74 → 0.39 (▼ -0.35) Subsidy Capture Ratio: 0.68 → 0.38 (▼ -0.30) Public Digital Backbone Km: 0 → 50000 (▲ +50000.00) Rural Broadband Coverage Rate: 41 → 78 (▲ +37.00) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 0
Fiscal Analysis: Rural Digital Infrastructure Crown Authority Act · fiscal
confidence 50 · impact 6
Fiscal analysis for Rural Digital Infrastructure Crown Authority Act. Estimated fiscal cost: $6.20B 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 101 · 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.