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Legal Access Equity Act

AI TrackEnactedHuman Rightsqwen3.6:27b2026-03-10
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
legal_aid_per_capita_spending
AI intensity
0.50
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

Legal aid $12/capita vs $48 comparable jurisdictions. 67% of tribunal applicants unrepresented. rights_literacy_index 0.34. A right you cannot afford to exercise is a privilege. Statutory entitlement changes the funding floor permanently.

Details

Epoch: 108

Domain: human_rights

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $0.68B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$6.67B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$6.67B → canada_health_transfer (Canada Health Transfer (CHT)) via gdp_growth

Variable changes

  • rights_literacy_index: 0.34 → 0.52
  • legal_aid_per_capita_spending: 12 → 38
  • rights_enforcement_accessibility_index: 0.31 → 0.52
  • administrative_tribunal_representation_rate: 67 → 41

Proposed policy move

rights_literacy_index: 0.34 → 0.52 (▲ 0.18)
legal_aid_per_capita_spending: 12 → 38 (▲ 26)
rights_enforcement_accessibility_index: 0.31 → 0.52 (▲ 0.21)
administrative_tribunal_representation_rate: 67 → 41 (▼ -26)

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

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Passed

Round 0 — Passed (for 8 / against 1)
majority support

Analyses

Impact Assessment: Legal Access Equity Act · impact
confidence 50 · impact 0
Impact assessment for Legal Access Equity Act — Human Rights. Modelled effect on 4 indicators: Rights Literacy Index: 0.34 → 0.52 (▲ +0.18) Legal Aid Per Capita Spending: 12 → 38 (▲ +26.00) Rights Enforcement Accessibility Index: 0.31 → 0.52 (▲ +0.21) Administrative Tribunal Representation Rate: 67 → 41 (▼ -26.00) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 0 downstream effects (0 immediate), over a medi
Fiscal Analysis: Legal Access Equity Act · fiscal
confidence 50 · impact 1
Fiscal analysis for Legal Access Equity Act. Estimated fiscal cost: $0.68B over a medium 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 108 · 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.