Universal Childcare: $10/Day Expansion

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$4.60B CAD

Fiscal Impact

Medium-term (2–5 years)

Time Horizon

Not assessed

Implementation Risk

Epoch 21

Continuum Entry

Overview

Full implementation of $10/day childcare adds $4.6B, expanding regulated spaces to 250K new families. Chain: childcare -> female_employment_rate (delay 2) and child_development_score (delay 4). A 20-year payback through workforce participation and human capital.

Ducklings Simulation

This proposal is active in the Ducklings causal simulation (Epoch 21). 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: Social Policy | Proposal ID: 60 | Series: Continuum

How to Engage

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

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