Mental Health Workforce Expansion

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Fiscal & Economic Impact

Implementation Cost

Revenue-neutral

Direct government spending

Projected Economic Impact

+$41.6B CAD

14 variables affected across the causal graph

No implementation cost

∞

Economic return per dollar spent

Top Cascade Effects (click to expand)

Alberta Net Debt$10.4B CAD

Alberta Resource Revenue+$10.4B CAD

Alberta Total Revenues+$10.4B CAD

Alberta Budget Surplus+$10.4B CAD

Energy Exports to US+$10.4B CAD

Impact figures are simulation model outputs from the Ducklings causal engine (BFS cascade, 3-hop depth, strength-weighted edges). They represent projected effects, not real-world outcomes.

Medium-term (2–5 years)

Time Horizon

Not assessed

Implementation Risk

Epoch 27

Continuum Entry

Overview

Targeted recruitment of psychologists, social workers, and addiction counsellors. The richest untouched 4-edge lever: mental_health_workforce -> disability_claims (-0.3) + mental_health_prevalence (-0.05) + productivity_loss (-0.35) + suicide_rate (-0.2, d8). Four simultaneous downstream effects.

Ducklings Simulation

This proposal is active in the Ducklings causal simulation (Epoch 27). The simulation models downstream effects using a BFS cascade engine with strength-weighted, time-delayed edges capped at 3-hop depth and ±25% per-hop limits. Cascade outputs are bounded by variable saturation thresholds.

Domain: Healthcare | Proposal ID: 73 | Series: Continuum

How to Engage

Discuss this flightplan in the Pond forum under Healthcare. Vote on adoption through Consensus. Adopted flightplans become projects with real-world implementation tracking.

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