G'Day Coyote,
I dont know if you saw, but I mentioned on another post about a rumor I heared about Canada and New Zealand entering an agreement to recognise each other's licences later this year.
And as you are probably aware to convert your licence to a Kiwi one via the trans tasman agreement involves only a bit of paperwork and a few bucks.
I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this.... Convert to Kiwi and when the agreement goes through, convert to Canadian.
Having said all this, what I heard was just a rumor and there may not be a scrap of fact in it. But can't hurt to check it out!
All the best with it