Canuckduck

Canadian policy intelligence for AI assistants.

Connect your AI tool to mcp.canuckduck.ca and query a validated Canadian policy causal knowledge graph with 1,334 variables, 4,826 causal relationships, 46 constitutional doctrines, 165 landmark court cases, 114 federal organizations, and live Canadian government data feeds. 112 variables grounded with authoritative baselines from Statistics Canada, Bank of Canada, PBO, CIHI, and ECCC.

Quick Start

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• URL: https://mcp.canuckduck.ca/mcp
• Header: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Claude Code / VS Code

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• URL: https://mcp.canuckduck.ca/mcp
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Auth: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Get an API Key

1. Register at store.canuckduck.ca
2. Subscribe to a plan that includes API access
3. Your key is auto-provisioned on checkout
4. View your key at nest.canuckduck.ca/nest/api-keys

Available Tools (19)

Public (no key required)

Tool	Description
canuckduck_search	Search 1,334 Canadian policy variables by keyword. Use first to find variable IDs for graph traversal.
canuckduck_stats	Graph summary statistics: variables, edges, organizations, cases, constitutional doctrines. Use to ground responses about graph scope.
canuckduck_geo_lookup	Look up any Canadian postal code or FSA code. Returns community name, city, province, and coordinates. Example: 'T2P 3H5' returns 'Downtown Commercial Core, Calgary, AB'.
canuckduck_geo_stats	Geographic data coverage: FSA codes, municipalities, federal ridings, postal codes, communities.

Registered (free API key)

Tool	Description
canuckduck_forward	Trace what a policy variable CAUSES downstream. Use to answer: 'If we change X, what else changes?'
canuckduck_backward	Trace what CAUSES a policy variable upstream. Use to answer: 'Why is X happening?' or 'What drives X?'
canuckduck_paths	Find all causal paths connecting two policy variables. Use to answer: 'How is X connected to Y?'
canuckduck_impact	Full causal impact radius — all downstream and upstream relationships scored by influence weight.
canuckduck_evidence	Source evidence and CanLII case citations supporting a causal relationship. Use when sourcing is needed.
canuckduck_news	Canadian news articles from government and media RSS feeds, filtered by policy topic.
canuckduck_geo_variables	Find RIPPLE variables scoped to a specific Canadian province. Returns provincial + national variables.
canuckduck_local_impact	Run a policy scenario and localize impacts to a specific community. Answers: 'What does this mean for MY community?'
canuckduck_propose	Propose a new variable, causal edge, or evidence to the RIPPLE graph. Enters a review queue — nothing modifies the active graph until approved.
canuckduck_review_queue	List pending graph proposals, check status, or approve/reject proposals.

Professional (paid key)

Tool	Description
canuckduck_constitutional	Explore 46 Canadian constitutional doctrines with connected policy variables. Covers Charter rights, division of powers, Duty to Consult.
canuckduck_root_trace	Trace a variable to constitutional roots with CanLII case citations and legal precedents.
canuckduck_cda_profile	Constitutional Divergence Analysis profile: pressure scores, Charter divergence, linked legal precedents.
canuckduck_simulate	Multi-variable policy scenario simulation with projected values, constitutional warnings, and geographic context.
canuckduck_gaps	Observatory gap analysis: graph health score, search miss clusters, path failures, simulation anomalies, evidence voids.

Data Sources

• RIPPLE Causal Graph — 1,351 variables, 5,253 causal edges, continuously improved by adversarial Mistral+Gemini audit pipeline
• Constitutional Layer — 46 doctrines, 4,018 CONSTRAINS edges (80% variable coverage), mapped via the A.B.E. Constitutional Authority Framework
• CanLII — 165 landmark Canadian court cases with SCC/JCPC citations and CanLII URLs
• Canadian Data Vault — Live feeds from Statistics Canada, Bank of Canada, IRCC, ECCC, PBO, CIHI
• Federal Organizations — 114 departments/agencies with TBS 2025-26 Main Estimates budget data
• Geospatial — 1,651 FSA centroids, 5,161 municipalities, 338 federal ridings, 29,638 postal codes, 244 Calgary communities with PostGIS boundaries

Example Queries

Search for housing variables:

"Search the CanuckDUCK graph for variables related to housing affordability"

Trace defence spending impact:

"What are the downstream effects of Defence Spending in the RIPPLE graph?"

Constitutional analysis:

"What constitutional constraints apply to healthcare spending in Canada?"

Attribution

Case citations sourced from CanLII (canlii.org). Decisions are Crown copyright.

Live data from Statistics Canada, Bank of Canada, and other Government of Canada sources.

About

Built by CanuckDUCK Research Corporation. The RIPPLE causal graph is a validated Canadian policy knowledge base created through adversarial AI stress testing and community-sourced evidence extraction.

• Nest Policy Workbench: nest.canuckduck.ca
• MCP Endpoint: mcp.canuckduck.ca/mcp
• Documentation: nest.canuckduck.ca/nest/docs/mcp

License

Server code: MIT License. Data accessed through the MCP is subject to CanuckDUCK Research Corporation terms of service.