Thanks guys for the advice...lets all hope with all these orders the airlines will become more open to hiring fATPL'ers or at least continue to require pilots, everythings pointing towards that they will!
Just a word of advice to anyone doing flight training in Canada - be wary of the prices here, toronto airways ltd for example has an iATPL program for 75k +, with the weather here your probably looking at a little more.
Also, if your looking for airline opportunities here, forget it, i know a friend of mine whose's brother is a pilot on the a320 for air canada, he needed 4600 hrs TT to get his first interview, he applied every year after he got 2000 hrs flying pipers up north...waited 7 years for his first real job...7 years and a taxed 75k salary later, he hates it there saying pilots dont even look at each other cause they all want the left seat!!