Even more on the Icelandic immigration to Manitoba (especially Gimli)

Lögberg-Heimskringla, an Icelandic community newspaper based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

I'm keeping track of every article I can find on this phenomenon, and here's another one. It doesn't have any new information on the actual people that will be arriving in Manitoba, but it does contain a bit of information on immigration to Manitoba in general, which apparently does a much better job at attracting skilled immigrants than other provinces. Manitoba carries out its search for immigrants based on skills rather than countries, which would seem to be a no-brainer but oddly enough it seems to be the only province that does so. Very strange.

Manitoba has the most successful nominee program in Canada, Allan said, fast-tracking immigrants who have the skills, education and work experience to be immediately placed in a job.

"We have almost 70 per cent of all the provincial nominees in Canada," she said. "We've had visitors from five other jurisdictions come see how we do this," including Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald when he was Minister of Immigration.

New Brunswick focuses more on employee-driven labour needs rather than target specific countries, said government spokesman Brendan Langille.

"If we need pipefitters for the Saint John region, for example, then we'll go and look where there is a surplus of this skilled labour like in Eastern Europe," he said. "But often employers will locate surplus labour themselves."

and:

The large Icelandic community in the province helps to ease integration into the culture and way of life in Manitoba.

"We've got about 80,000 people of Iceland descent around the wonderful area of Gimli," Allan said. "It was a no brainer."

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Because of the highly educated and skilled workforce in Iceland, as well as the excellent English language ability, Icelanders meet the labour market needs in Manitoba perfectly, she said.

Finally:

The University of Manitoba has an Icelandic language and literature program and there are Icelandic community newspapers, he said.

I wrote a bit about this in September. Considering the fairly large community and the upcoming immigration, how about writing a bit more in the Icelandic Wikipedia on Manitoba, which at present has a page on Gimli and a very small one on Winnipeg but not a page on the province itself?