| By: Dean Stansel, José Torra, Matthew D. Mitchell and Ángel Carrión-Tavárez
The annual Economic Freedom of North America Report once again finds that Alberta is the province with the highest level of economic freedom, while the next freest province, British Columbia, ranks 43rd out of 93, followed by Ontario (47th), Saskatchewan (50th), Manitoba (53rd) and Quebec (54th), as most of the country continues to rank in the bottom half across the continent.
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Ryan Murphy, Matthew D. Mitchell, Kevin Grier, Robin Grier and Daniel J. Mitchell
This year’s Economic Freedom of the World finds that most countries curtailed economic freedom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic—and Canada is no exception.
Economic Freedom: What Is It? How Is It Measured? And How Does It Affect Our Lives? finds that higher levels of economic freedom lead to much higher incomes and much better health.
| By: Ian Vásquez, Fred McMahon, Ryan Murphy and Guillermina Sutter Schneider
According to this year’s Human Freedom Index, Hong Kong—which in 2010 was the third-freest jurisdiction on earth—now ranks 46th as a result of mainland China’s increasing restrictions on liberties in the territory. China is among the least-free, ranking 149th out of 165 jurisdictions this year.
