$65k for a 1900 driver in Canada?! Dream on! Here is the pay scale for Central Mountain Air, one of AC's Tier III operators. The other two are Air Georgian and EVAS, both operating 1900's as well, and all three with similar pay structures.
Airline Pilot Central - Central Mountain Air | Canadian
Even the top pay rate as a 12 year captain you still won't see $65k, so not sure where your getting these numbers from. And as for Westjet's regional service, that is still being voted on by the pilot group until early next month, and they have stated that it won't be into service until 2013 or 2014, if it happens to go through. Go to avcanada.ca and look at the WJ forum, see for yourself what the proposed terms and conditions are what everyone has to say about it. And don't think it will be that easy to just "walk into a command position" with them either