Inquiring minds want to know...
The band plan doesn't apply to all of the American continent or just the USA?
Isn't the rest of the band enough?
1. It’s a major contest weekend.
2. The Canadians are operating within their privileges.
3. So are the Europeans, Africans, etc etc etc that they are working.
4. The FCC band and mode restrictions under 47 CFR 97 do not apply to the rest of the world.
5. Band plans are not part of FCC rules. They are legally considered good Amateur practice... under normal daily operating conditions. But that is all.
5a. Major contests are NOT normal daily operating conditions.
6. Frequencies are shared, nor assigned. Sometimes that means waiting for others to go. QRT.
Sorry. But life’s not fair.