It's a simple concept...if you have the "right to work" and the qualifications feel free to apply, if you don't then you won't get a job. The "thousands of unemployed pilots" around the world who can't find work in their own countries don't have much hope as their own countries don't have the jobs available. The pilots from Canada who you believe are working in the EU or UK or Asia or the ME all have the proper and recognized rights. They are not stealing jobs, as you infer. Those who work for example in the Middle East or Asia are filling positions that can't be filled by locals. The numbers of locals with the proper credentials aren't enough fill the positions. The foreign pilots (Canadians et al) will eventually have to leave or retire as the programs to qualify those pilots (the local guys and girls) are meant to replace the current employees. The cadet programs at many of these airlines are designed to do that. It's a well known program. Many countries replace foreign pilots as their own become qualified. Canada does not have that program, and should rightly fill entry level pilot jobs with their own before bringing in others to fill those jobs. Simple...Not to denigrate your wish to work in Canada, I'm sure you're excellent people, with great experience. Nevertheless, if there are properly qualified unemployed pilots in Canada, those jobs should be filled first by those pilots, and then the rest. It works that way in many countries. Good luck though.