ME: "Cleared below transition...."
HIM: Folded arms and silence.
ME: "Uhh, cleared below transition...."
HIM: Still, folded arms and silence.
ME: "Uhh, we are cleared below transition....QNH?..."
HIM: "The call is TRANSITION....when you say it I'll do it."
ME:
HIM: On ground, gets out FCOM3 and finds it and shows me, along with further remonstration.
Apparently not ALL Canadians are assholes though!