I was thinking that it wouldn't be a HUGE problem. But if someone was having a bad day he could possibly make it a problem. On Monday I'm going to get my boss to call the PSB, since I live in a small town we don't have one anywhere near us. I'll let you know what they say.
The flight out of CAN is going to Toronto, so the visa run to Hong Kong could work. If they are going to give me problems at the PSB, I can always resort to doing it that way.
I think you're all nitpicking about the title. What gives. If I didn't have a long layover, yeah my residence permit wouldn't expire. So hence, the permit is expiring because of the long layover.
I have about three months to get this all done... so time is not an issue right now. It's not worth changing the ticket, so I'm gonna go the bureaucratic route for now.