Zero Unemployment - Canadian workers to Iceland

Go West and North young men and women...

So the Northern Star does it again - Iceland - a country of 300,000 people recruiting Canadians for construction. You see Alberta is not the only boom-town. No the Nordic equivalent of Labrador is doing it without the tar-sands and doing it with resources such as those found in Newfoundland and Labrador - only less...

The news of Canadians travelling to Iceland for work comes from the Embassy - Canada's foreign policy Newsweekly.

Here's a quote:

Thorbjörnsson’s construction projects in Iceland are possible because of the country’s booming economy. “The unemployment rate is next to none and it’s hard to recruit local labor,” he explained.

To persuade Canadian workers to travel to Iceland Thorbjörnsson pays all travel expenses and accommodation, in addition to an above-average salary. Over 100 people from all over Canada have applied for jobs at his company, he said.

Scandia Housing also organizes recreational trips and sightseeing tours around Iceland for its employees and hosts several social events.

Here we go again - this could all be happening here in Labrador. What was that about vision again?

Let me wish the best of luck to the Labrador Party - clean it up in October...