There's another thing that doesn't really jive with me about this guy's story. Take 2) and 3) together. He says that "there were only a handful of us in Canada

There's another thing that doesn't really jive with me about this guy's story. Take 2) and 3) together. He says that "there were only a handful of us in Canada who could do this kind of work", then "talent was plentiful". So which is it?