Manitoba looks to Iceland for temporary foreign workers

by RICHARD GILBERT

An economic crisis in Iceland may result in more workers from the country finding employment in Manitoba.

The province’s labour minister travelled to Iceland to assess the feasibility of recruiting construction workers as temporary foreign workers (TFW).

Iceland, with a total population and labour force of about 320,000 and 150,000 respectively, has always been a country with low unemployment rates.

But since last October, when all three of the country’s major banks collapsed, labour market conditions have changed rapidly.

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