Also of interest is the top 10 mining jurisdictions in the world. I remember Ontario being number one back when Tim Hudak was Minister of Mines and Northern Affairs in 2001.

Ontario is now Ranked 13th! Shows what Mr McGuinty's feelings for all things Non Toronto can do to an industry. Our Friends in Quebec were also rated No. one just 3 years ago. Looking at the overall scores it is good to see that Canada as a whole is still considered a good place to invest.

highest score is 95.0 (New Brunswick). Along with

New Brunswick, the top 10 scorers on the PPI are

Finland, Alberta, Wyoming, Quebec, Saskatche wan,

Sweden, Nevada, Ireland, and the Yukon. All

were in the top 10 last year except for New Bruns -

wick, Ireland, and the Yukon, the first time a Canadian

territory has made the top 10. -Fraser institute

What is also interesting is the areas that have a preponderance of corruption. This kind of blew me away as I wouldn't have thought that:

The strongest growing economies in Latin America

(Chile) and Africa (Botswana) are perceived to have

the lowest level of corruption among developing

nations. Even more interestingly, they are perceived

to have less corruption than four Candian prov -

inces (Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, and

A berta), and two US states (Montana and Wash -

ington). - Fraser Institute

Kind of makes you wonder how we can be joining the ranks of third world despots, in the area of corruption? Congratulations to New Brunswick for putting Canada on top once again!

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