For the first time in a decade, Canada has fallen out of the top 10 of the freest countries on earth, according to a new study.
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“During the pandemic, like other governments worldwide, governments in Canada restricted freedom of movement, expression, assembly and other freedoms even more than they had in previous years,” said study co-author Fred McMahon of the Fraser Institute.“Human freedom deteriorated severely in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic” worldwide, it says.Article content
Today, it says, only 13.4% of the world’s population lives in the top quartile of free countries, while 39.9% live in countries in the bottom quartile.
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