I'm from Canada and really don't hold well with much of the thread on Vertical...kind of on the Open Minded Side when it comes to Aviation, considering I would like a chance to show up and work somewhere else in the world just once. Not to mention I've worked with Kiwi's, Aust, Frenchies, Poms, Hungarians, Romanians, Ruskies etc and found them all good guys/gals to work with.
So that being said, if you have a different skill set that you could work, AND produce mind you, other than the ground, that might be something you might want to look into...and at the same time see a little of our rather large country. Are you a computer programmer, engineer, accountant, carpenter etc? Maybe a HR specialist perhaps? That way you could justify your being in Aviation in Canada without the thought of stealing jobs...all the while working on your immigrant status.
At 135 hours, if I was in a positon to hire, you probably wouldn't get it based on moral grounds (lot's of hungry Canucks here too). But if you get in the office doing something else on more of a long term kick the door may open for you as time passes. I'm 3500 hrs and did it the hard way here in Canada (Ground Pounding for ****e money).
If you can sell yourself there is no stopping you...and that is very important, no matter how many hours you have, when your a VFR bush type pilot here in the Great White North. Companies I know of that have a reputation for hiring low -timers are Airborne Energy Solutions, Gemini Helicopters, Ultra Helicopters, Big Horn Helicopters (they are a training/conversion type of school that hires their own...very good), VIH sometimes (but they are very large and that extra skill set I was talking about may come in handy) and Bailey Helicopters.
I wish you and all the rest of you new lowtimers just breaking in the best of luck...it sounds tough out there right now...but then it took me 5 years I think to start pulling some revenue in too.
BWB