Canada's a good place to do business after all...

Don't know how I missed this months ago (assuming it was in the print edition of The Economist), but it looks like Canada is a better place to conduct business than a lot of people think.  In fact a lot of business owners and senior executives assume that the U.S. is preferred because they have a more "natural entrepreneurial spirit".

There are 10 equally weighted, including political environment, macroeconomic environment, market opportunities, policy regarding free enterprise, policy regarding foreign investment, foreign trade and exchange controls, taxes, financing, labour market and infrastructure. 

Unfortunately the U.S. submission has a distinct disadvantage right out of the gate:  the first question asked under the "Political Environment" question is, "What is the risk of armed conflict (external or civil) during the forecast period?".  Enough said...