Canada ranks Number 5 on the Freedom Index, 11 spots above the United States.
Economic Freedom
March 30, 2017
3:00AM
In the quarter freest countries, women’s literacy is 92 per cent and men’s 95 per cent.
February 8, 2017
3:00AM
China throws up barriers to international competition and assaults foreign investment.
February 1, 2017
3:00AM
Ontario and Alberta have launched spending sprees and tax grabs that will seriously damage economic freedom.
January 25, 2017
9:44AM
Why is economic freedom important? Is it intrinsically valuable or is it valuable because of the outcomes it produces?
October 12, 2016
4:00AM
Diseases such as rabies, malaria and leprosy still afflict many in less-developed countries.
September 27, 2016
7:51AM
America has gone from being the world’s third most economically free country in 2000 to the 16th freest in 2014.
September 20, 2016
7:56AM
Government spending has increased in Ontario, and Alberta has dramatically increased the tax burden on residents and businesses.
September 16, 2016
1:16PM
If Canada is fifth freest, it can’t be a very free planet.
September 8, 2016
1:50PM
The Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World Report has ranked Venezuela dead last for the past four years.
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