What's Icelandic for "Manitoba"?

How times change, and how quickly:

Premier says great lessons to be learned from Iceland and Norway

The successes in jurisdictions like Iceland and Norway in the fishery and energy industries should be achievable in Newfoundland and Labrador, said Premier Danny Williams today. The Premier visited the two countries last week and was accompanied to Iceland by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Tom Rideout.

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“I recall commenting on several occasions, that if these northern countries can turn opportunity into success, then we can certainly do it in Newfoundland and Labrador,” added the Premier. “This is especially the case with Iceland, where you see a geographically isolated region with a very small population base. And yet they have a strong economy partially based on a prosperous fishery. Both Norway and Iceland have certainly encountered challenges in the fishery, yet they continue to be models for success that we can learn from.”

Iceland, Iceland, Iceland.

And now, with the economic picture having turned on a dime, some Icelanders are looking to a Canadian province as a place of hope for the future.

Maybe it's time for Lisa Moore to pay a return visit. Somewhere, in a basement in Kópavogur, a nationalist Icelandic blogger is typing a lament: if only we were more like Canada...