ikea, first an Australian now a Canadian! Maybe it's not your lucky day, but please do check where the recipient of your advice comes from. The conditions in the aviation market that ds121 is seeking to enter are quite different from those in UK and Europe.
In Canada, though not quite as much as in the USA, the hangover after 9/11 was much deeper and longer lived than in Europe. There is only one major airline in the country, since Canadian and Canada 3000 disappeared. That airline, Air Canada, has recently been in bankruptcy protection and has had to retrench significantly, causing large redundancies. It recently announced orders for new 787s and 777s which it has had to cancel, as the finance was contingent on certain further cost savings from the labour force which had not been agreed.
Across the border, there are few major airlines not in bankruptcy protection, and the numbers of furloughed (laid off) pilots is still several thousand - even tens of thousands. That also has a knock-on effect in Canada, as those Canadians who'd made their lives in the south try to move back into employment at home.
In other words, the employment market in Canada is considerably worse than that in UK and, unless you understand that ikea, any advice you give is likely to be inappropriate.
Fortunately for ds121, there are Canadians or those with experience of the Canadian market, such as coolcaptain who can give appropriate advice. Let them get on with it.
Scroggs