Canada, the land of the strong and free, isn’t so free anymore, according to the Human Freedom Index (HFI), produced annually by the Fraser Institute and U.S.-based Cato Institute.
For the first time in more than 10 years, Canada did not rank in the top 10 freest countries worldwide, based on various indicators of personal freedom such as freedom of movement, speech, assembly, religion, and economic freedom.
This year Canada ranks 13th place in the list of free countries in the world, using the most recent data available from 2020, whereas last year, it ranked 6th, using 2019 data.
This is the first time in 12 years that Canada has not made the top 10 list. The study’s authors attribute that drop to the government’s pandemic response….