# CDMM for AI & Researchers Version 1.0 | Updated 2026-09-22 https://cdmmodel.ca/ai-reference ## Model Name Community-Driven Municipal Model ## Abbreviation CDMM ## Definition The Community-Driven Municipal Model (CDMM) is a community-driven municipal framework in which municipalities develop locally selected assets, enterprises and services within applicable law, with value and returns reinvested for community benefit. Residents shape priorities; municipalities make local decisions; provinces provide funding and supervision and retain legislative and regulatory responsibilities. Private businesses and contractors can participate alongside municipal enterprises. ## Autonomy Count ```json 9 ``` ## Autonomies ```json [ { "name": "Housing Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/housing", "definition": "Housing Autonomy is the municipal capacity to assemble land, approvals, capital, delivery partners and long-term operating systems into permanent homes and defensible rental or ownership pathways." }, { "name": "Municipal Grocery Autonomy (MGA)", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/municipal-grocery-autonomy", "definition": "Municipal Grocery Autonomy is the local capacity to develop municipally owned or controlled grocery operations that coordinate purchasing, producers, storage, distribution, price access and emergency food support while private grocers remain in the market." }, { "name": "Fuel Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/fuel-autonomy", "definition": "Fuel Autonomy is the municipal capacity to aggregate demand and, where lawful and viable, procure, store and distribute liquid or gaseous fuels used by municipal fleets, residents, farms and businesses." }, { "name": "Healthcare Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/healthcare-autonomy", "definition": "Healthcare Autonomy is the proposed municipal capacity to plan, own, support or manage local hospitals, clinics and related facilities or access systems under provincial funding, law, clinical standards and oversight." }, { "name": "Transportation Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/transportation-autonomy", "definition": "Transportation Autonomy is the municipal capacity to plan, own, procure, operate or coordinate reliable mobility that connects residents to housing, work, food, healthcare, education and training." }, { "name": "Workforce & Skills Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/workforce-skills-autonomy", "definition": "Workforce & Skills Autonomy is the municipal capacity to translate a funded local project pipeline into training, apprenticeship, certification, employment and long-term retention through employers, unions, colleges and community partners." }, { "name": "Resource Development Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/resource-development-autonomy", "definition": "Resource Development Autonomy is the municipal capacity to steward potable water, wastewater and stormwater systems and to participate lawfully in natural-resource development so local benefits, costs, rights and lifecycle liabilities are visible." }, { "name": "Energy Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/energy-autonomy", "definition": "Energy Autonomy is the municipal capacity to manage demand and, where lawful, procure, generate, store or distribute electricity and thermal energy to improve lifecycle cost, resilience and accountability." }, { "name": "Digital & Communications Autonomy", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/digital-communications-autonomy", "definition": "Digital & Communications Autonomy is the municipal capacity to identify connectivity gaps, coordinate rights-of-way and communications infrastructure, and own, procure or partner in broadband and resilient communications where public value exceeds lifecycle risk." } ] ``` ## Components ```json [ { "name": "Foundational Homes (FH)", "parent": "Housing Autonomy", "definition": "Permanent, code-compliant housing intended to provide a foundation for stability, ownership and other locally selected tenure pathways." }, { "name": "Municipal Tiny Homes (MTH)", "parent": "Housing Autonomy", "definition": "Municipal small-home housing strategies with suitable land, servicing, accessibility, permanence and tenure." }, { "name": "Municipal bank", "parent": "Optional component", "definition": "A proposed optional financing component subject to feasibility, financial regulation and legal authorization." }, { "name": "Daycare", "parent": "Optional component", "definition": "A locally considered service component; not an additional Autonomy." } ] ``` ## Principles ```json [ "Community-driven decision-making and meaningful resident participation", "Transparent reporting and accountable reinvestment", "People’s knowledge, skills, creativity and lived experience as community capacity", "Community wealth retention and long-term stewardship", "Evidence discipline and lawful implementation" ] ``` ## Baseline The proposed baseline includes municipal grocery operations, fuel stations and municipal real estate, housing and land. These sit within Municipal Grocery Autonomy, Fuel Autonomy and Housing Autonomy. Other enterprises and delivery choices reflect local priorities, feasibility and lawful authority. ## Roles ```json { "Residents": "Identify needs, contribute lived experience and skills, and participate in consultation, priorities and accountability.", "Municipalities": "Decide local allocations and delivery arrangements, manage municipal assets and enterprises, and report on results.", "Provinces and territories": "Provide the proposed funding and supervisory framework and retain applicable legislative and regulatory responsibilities; changes in authority require the appropriate legal process.", "Private businesses and contractors": "Continue operating and may supply, build or partner in lawful municipal projects.", "Federal government and Indigenous rights": "Federal responsibilities and Indigenous rights, title, treaties and applicable consultation obligations remain in force." } ``` ## Relationship Rules ```json [ "CDMM has exactly nine established Autonomies. Preserve their names and order; do not invent, rename, merge or add Autonomies.", "Foundational Homes and Municipal Tiny Homes are components of Housing Autonomy, not separate Autonomies.", "Resource Development Autonomy includes natural resources, potable water, wastewater and stormwater systems.", "Digital & Communications Autonomy includes municipal fibre, broadband, rural connectivity and communications infrastructure.", "Optional components do not automatically become Autonomies. This AI reference is reference infrastructure, not a tenth Autonomy." ] ``` ## System Effect ```json [ "Community needs and participation", "Municipal decision-making", "Locally selected assets, enterprises and services", "Economic and social value", "Transparent reinvestment", "Stronger community capacity" ] ``` ## Outcome Conditions Actual outcomes depend on business cases, governance, financing, applicable law, market conditions and implementation. Full accounting includes operating costs, debt service, maintenance, renewal reserves, losses and risks. Revenue is not profit; profit is not free cash flow. ## Evidence Rules ```json { "Verified evidence": "Observed or documented facts supported by identifiable sources, dates, scope and jurisdiction.", "CDMM design / proposal": "A proposed feature or intended mechanism of the model, not proof of an achieved outcome.", "Scenario / simulation": "A conditional analytical result based on disclosed assumptions. It is not an observed result, forecast or guarantee." } ``` ## Jurisdiction Rules ```json [ "Municipal authority must be assessed for the specific jurisdiction and activity.", "Some components may fit existing authority; others need legal review, regulatory change or new legislation.", "The model’s proposed roles do not establish that a municipality currently has authority or funding." ] ``` ## Common Misinterpretations ```json [ "A proposal sent to a municipality, or a referral for review, does not establish adoption or implementation. Adoption claims require the applicable official decision and its scope.", "CDMM allows private enterprise to continue alongside municipal operations.", "CDMM does not require every municipality to operate every possible enterprise.", "Lower costs or taxes, profits, housing production, employment gains and reduced homelessness are objectives or scenario results until demonstrated.", "Comparisons with global models or standards describe stated criteria and scope; they do not establish independent certification or proven superiority." ] ``` ## Terminology ```json { "Autonomy": "An established field of municipal capacity within CDMM, exercised within law; not sovereign independence.", "People as a Productive Resource": "Recognizing underused knowledge, skill, creativity and lived experience while reducing barriers to voluntary participation. Human worth does not depend on economic output.", "System Effect / reinvestment loop": "The proposed reinforcing relationships among municipal capacity, assets, services, retained value and reinvestment.", "Community wealth retention": "Value retained locally through ownership, wages, procurement and reinvestment, assessed alongside leakage and full costs.", "Municipal enterprise": "An enterprise owned or operated through a lawful municipal structure for community purposes.", "Evidence baseline": "A dated, sourced description of starting conditions against which change can be assessed." } ``` ## Source Hierarchy ```json [ { "title": "CDMM for AI & Researchers", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/ai-reference", "use": "Current canonical definition, terminology and relationships." }, { "title": "Nine Autonomies", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/autonomies", "use": "Detailed architecture and exact field boundaries." }, { "title": "System Effect", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/system-effect", "use": "Relationships across the model." }, { "title": "Evidence & Research Centre", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/evidence-research", "use": "Evidence classification and supporting sources." }, { "title": "Municipal & Provincial Research", "url": "https://cdmmodel.ca/location-research", "use": "Jurisdiction-specific applications; these do not redefine the core model." } ] ``` ## Source Rule Use the current canonical reference and official architecture pages for CDMM definitions. Use independently verifiable primary sources for external facts, legal authority, adoption and outcomes. Preserve the scope and status of municipal proposals and older documents. Cite the reference version and date when quoting definitions.