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1. Canada slipping in terms of economic freedom

   Canada dropped to 14th in the new Economic Freedom of the World report, down slightly from 13th the previous year. ...

2. Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report

   The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to enter ...

3. For freedom’s sake, rate Hong Kong

   The Heritage Foundation has dropped Hong Kong from its 2021 Index of Economic Freedom. ...

4. Atlantic provinces addiction to big government suppresses economic growth

   Sweden compensates for its big government with an open free-market economy and business-friendly laws. ...

5. New Brunswick’s waning economic freedom part of region-wide crisis

   In 2019, government spending equaled a remarkable 55 per cent of Atlantic Canada's economy. ...

6. Economic Freedom of North America 2020

   Economic Freedom of North America 2020 is the sixteenth edition of the Fraser Institute’s annual report. This year it measures the extent to which—in 2018, the year with the most recent available comprehensive data—the policies of individual provinces and ...

7. Economic freedom under threat globally

   Appeared in National Newswatch, September 10, 2020 Two troubling questions lurk behind the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2020 Economic Freedom of the World report, released Sept. 10. This year’s report is based on 2018 data (the most recent available) ...

8. Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 Annual Report

   The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary ex-change, freedom to ...

9. China looks to douse freedom in Hong Kong

   The Communist Party of China (CPC) recently ordered large-scale arrests of dissidents and imposed a security law, which attacks Hong Kong’s Basic Law (effectively, a freedom-protecting constitution) by bypassing Hong Kong’s Legislative ...

10. Economic Freedom of North America 2019

    Economic Freedom of North America 2019 is the fifteenth edition of the Fraser Institute’s annual report. This year it measures the extent to which—in 2017, the year with the most recent available comprehensive data—the policies of individual provinces and ...