From TheBlaze Magazine: Canada more free than the United States

Jan. 8, 2013 7:41am Chris Field

Canada enjoys more economic freedom than the United States, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. Alberta leads as the most economically free among the Canadian provinces and the United States. Canadian provinces overall scored 6.8 out of 10 compared to 6.7 out of 10 for U.S. states.

The scores are based on the freedoms available for personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete and security of private property. “The link between economic freedom and prosperity is clear: Provinces that support low taxation, limited government and flexible labor markets benefit from greater economic growth,” said report coauthor Fred McMahon, in a statement. “In contrast, provinces with reduced levels of economic freedom see lower living standards for families and fewer economic opportunities.”

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ainthurtinnobody
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 7:57pm
This is gonna be a hard pill for many Americans to swallow. But I imagine most will just slough it off and say it’s not true. But I have a sneaky suspicion that it is. Isn’t it funny how these communist/China and socialist/Canada countries are beating us at our own game. I think we have already changed from a representative democracy to a representative socialist democracy. We say we don’t want that but we all love our little programs don’t we (or should I say most of us). But you know socialism ain’t all bad I guess we’re gonna have to learn to balance this thing out.

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canada 1958
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 12:16pm
i live in alberta and i use to work for halliburton texas. alberta is the texas of canada. great place to live and very low unemployment its about 4.6% now we are short 77,000 skilled workers

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