Sisters Sandee
MacLean and Heather Coulombe took over the business earlier this year from
their dairy farmer parents, who started it nearly 25 years ago.
On Sunday,
they, posted a unique “help wanted” ad on their Facebook page.
Anyone willing to move to the town will
be provided with a job and 2 acres of land
to live on by The Farmer’s Daughter Country Market. The
farm is looking for three workers now and another three or four in the
spring.
The store was
flooded with phone calls in the days after the Facebook posting went
up. By Tuesday, the sisters had to change the store’s voicemail
message to direct people to email instead, Coulombe said.
Their family
currently owns 200 acres of woodland that isn’t being used. Anyone who
relocated to work at the Farmer’s Daughter could live on the land at
first,. If they stay on at the store for five years, the two acres is
theirs for free — as long as they cover legal costs to transfer the deed.
Unfortunately,
As Cape Breton is not qualified for the Foreign Worker Program in Canada , foreign
workers cannot apply for this. It can only take people who are
legally authorized to work in Canada .
However,
According to Canadian law, you just need 2 documents to get a job in Canada : an
invitation from a Canadian employer approved by the Ministry of Employment and
Social Development of Canada, and a Work Permit which is issued after obtaining
a temporary visa.