I did check job market pretty often and come cross tons of testing jobs. So, I don't agree that there are not that many QA postitons here in Canada. As a result, your conclusion of the product development are not active in Canada is not true. However, such kind of discussion is not really very productive because it is all based on how we felt, that is the reason I don't feel like to get into the subject in more details. I don't have much time to surf around and provide more accurate picture of what is going on. So I am out now :)