Canada’s ranking as the top nation in the world for personal freedom can be found in the Legatum Institute’s 2015 Prosperity Index. The London-based international public policy think tank released its findings Monday. For a broad look at prosperity, the educational charity ranked 142 countries in eight categories: the economy, entrepreneurship/opportunity, governance, education, health, safety/security, social capital and personal freedom. “The idea behind the personal freedom sub-index is that freedom constitutes a part of your own individual well-being, but it’s also an important component of national prosperity,” Gamester said. “Some of the things that we measure in that category include tolerance for ethnic minorities and immigrants. We look at people’s satisfaction with their freedom of choice and their civil liberties as well.” Since 2009, Canada has risen five places to the top of the personal freedom sub-index: 94 percent of Canadians think they have the freedom to direct the courses of their own lives. Here are the top 10 countries for personal freedom: Canada New Zealand Norway Luxembourg Iceland Ireland Sweden Denmark Australia Uruguay Full article can be viewed here The Legatum Institute's 2015 Prosperity Index can be found here Complete rankings are listed here Your thoughts on this? I'm kind of disappointed that the United States couldn't make the top ten for personal freedom, but at least we are still in the green at rank 15.

Canada ranks first in world for personal freedom and social tolerance

Ashley

I'm honestly not that surprised

Katherine

Interesting stuff. Canada has always been one of those countries that has just been kind of off the radar for me. Usually gets overshadowed by all the stuff that goes on in the USA. Definitely should pay more attention to it as it seems like a pretty interesting place. These statistics definitely add to that. Pretty disappointed at the UK's fairly poor positions for things like education and health etc. I'd be curious to see some comparisons for things like private vs free healthcare etc.

Saikou

In August 2015, a man in Edmonton, Canada, was fined with a ticket after a cop had to stop him to take off a sign saying "F*CK HARPER".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country#Canada

Yeah, right.

avantgarde

Freedom to lose your job to asian immigrants
o'canada

COUPLED

I have a feeling Sweden will drop places.

24966
All in all, New Zealand is probably one of the best choices imo.

I would like to be a kiwi aswell

seel

America be feeling all sad now
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7th

Now if they only allowed ownership of stuff relating to loli, then I would probably move there....

FukuchiChiisaia

Completely different from Indonesia where ISIS was made its local group in my city.

manko

I really like Canada I think it's a charming country with a majority of charming peoplz

KawaiiAsHell

Chrome wrote:
Now if they only allowed ownership of stuff relating to loli, then I would probably move there....

Remember: it's only illegal if you get caught.

Victory

If it's so good, how many aircraft carriers does Canada have?

7th

KawaiiAsHell wrote:
Chrome wrote:
Now if they only allowed ownership of stuff relating to loli, then I would probably move there....

Remember: it's only illegal if you get caught.

Unless the Canadian police force on mooses ce barging at your door.

KawaiiAsHell

Chrome wrote:
KawaiiAsHell wrote:
Chrome wrote:
Now if they only allowed ownership of stuff relating to loli, then I would probably move there....

Remember: it's only illegal if you get caught.

Unless the Canadian police force on mooses ce barging at your door.

Yes, the moose-riding anti-loli task force is truly an organization to be feared.

Inkjet Printer

29532

Do they allow guro though.

monothedog

You know, I went to a canadian fight once, it turned into a Hockey match.
Ba dum tss

KawaiiAsHell

29541
Uh, I'm not sure, that's not really something I'm into. But hey, it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, right?