Don’t try telling Montrealers, but in relative terms, Canada is seen as having little corruption and a high degree of government transparency, according to a Berlin-based watchdog. Transparency International ranked the country first in the Americas and eighth world-wide on an index that ranks 180 countries based on international perceptions. We scored 8.7 points out of 10, versus basement-dwelling Somalia at 1.1. New Zealand ranked highest (9.4), while the U.S. (7.5) came in 19th, primarily because of the influence of monied interests on Congress.
Canada least corrupt in Americas, says honesty index
