Hi Ramjet,
Thanks heaps for the advice. I'm on the Australian Government's dime until the end of the Grad Dip which includes ME CIR but I would like to get real experience in between CPL and then. I'll see if I can combine a 50 hours floats with CPL conversion and an Instructor's Rating. If I can't do it all at one school in Canada I can always schlep across the border. I have U. S. citizenship, too.
You needn't worry about me and Canadian girls. I'm a happily married man with 2 baby boys. How happy, you ask? My wife is the one who is behind all this madness. She dreams of beach life in the Maldives
Cheers,
Logan