Hello,
I really liked the idea that you're going to go on a limb and offer permanent residence in Canada.
The idea of working for a startup has always appealed to me. Ever since I started learning programming, it has been my dream to work at a startup.
Unfortunately, here in Bulgaria, the startup scene is very bleak, so I'm forced to work and communicate with people all over the globe. Which has though me a lot about working in a distributed team that's situated all over the world.
My specialty is backend, as well as everything that has to do with deployment and setup, all the Unix-y stuff, Ubuntu, MySQL, Apache, etc.
I've specialized with the framework Laravel, but I've worked with a lot of custom solutions as well, as well as with Zend framework at my previous workplace.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to hearing back from you about this incredible opportunity!
Best regards,
Stan