Hasta La Motion!

Greetings! First time poster, long time reader. I am from Canada, 21 years old and looking forward to starting a career in Visual Effects(Compositing). Being that I frequently visit this site for information about the industry, I have realized that it is difficult to enter and maintain employment and that it has outsourced a lot of its work to other countries. Luckily one of those countries is Canada. I have heard that VFX workers are often treated poorly in the USA… little job security, long and hard hours for income that almost seems to be less than worth it. What I was wondering was, what is this industry like for Canadians? Do they have a different approach and a better structure for this to be a desirable career choice? Is there an increase in job oppourtunities and will this remain consistant? If anybody can tell me anything about what the industry is like up here in the North I would most certainly be thankful and I can stop hesistating on beginning my lessons on compositing!
Many thanks!

Matt Healey / Healeywood