>While I am by no means fluent in ASL I can cummunicate somewhat.

Does Canada not have its own SL? I have noticed on this board that most USns use "ASL" where I would say "sign language", since most countries have their own, and they are often quite different. I know that Auslan and NZSL are quite distinct from each other and from ASL. Given that, I assumed Canada would have its own, as bad an assumption as that apparently made by the USns here who assume (or at least phrase their posts as if they do) that there is only one.