Canada cut government spending in the 1990s and began to grow after five years of flat economic growth. At the time, government spending accounted for 52% of GDP. Today Canada is the industrialized country recovering fastest from the great contraction, has lower tax rates, is opening health care to private competition, and is on track to have a smaller government as a share of GDP than the United States.
Long the refuge of disaffected liberals, Canada may soon attract freedom-loving Americans north.
