To quote directly from him: "There's been an unexpected turn of event since the last time we've talked. Students in Quebec have gone on strike for about 4 weeks, and we just got back to class (I'll explain to you later why we got on strike). In consequence, it's now impossible for me to go to Montreal this week due to the heavy quantity of work we have to do now. I'm quite sad by this turn of event. I didn't write to you earlier because I wanted to hear from my teachers (today) to see what was really going on, just in case there would be an opportunity for me to go to Montreal. Sadly, we are overwhelmed now."

Adric, I can always count on you to be there for me :) I'm trying to see if I can stop by Arizona in mid-June when I'm looking at universities in Southern California but I'll have to see how that works out.