Canada third best country to be a woman

I’m not sure why but this one caught me by surprise. I guess it shouldn’t since every boss I’ve had in Canada has been female. The part about the paucity of women in the Conservative government is no surprise.

Canada is the third-best country in the world to be a woman, according to rankings compiled by U.S. website Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Canada trails only Iceland at No. 1 and second-place Sweden, and is also the only non-European country in the top seven.

The United States is eighth.

The makers of these rankings gave Canada an overall score of 96.6 out of a possible 100.

In the major categories judged, the country earned a full 100 points on justice, 92.7 on health, 92 on education, 91 on economics and 66.9 on politics.

Newsweek said that Canada’s “female representation in government lags behind.”

Cross posted at Let Freedom Rain.