When my girlfriend Han and I started living together we struggled to make ends meet. We lived in Montreal, a city with a lot of character, but low on economic opportunities. On the upside, at least rents were cheap.  I was a student with a part-time job, supplemented with student loans.  Han had dropped out but still hadn’t found full-time work.  One day sitting around reading the paper I spotted an ad that perked my curi...