i find it amusing that socialist canada ranks higher than the US.
Essentially, that list is an inverse ranking of socialism. So, it is not quite correct to say that "socialist Canada is higher than the US," but instead that the US is demonstrably more socialist even than Canada.
Pretty sad =(
I don't think that's quite accurate. What it implies is that "socialism", as the term is applied to Canada (or say Denmark) is not necessarily at odds with "economic freedom" as this particular group measures it.