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If the CSP made sense, I think I would have PC'd to it from the slate. You loose the EX-08 score, but gain a no FTF card. Use CSP for a year. PC it to a Freedom or CFU. Then apply for the CSP to get the bonus. It is not like you are likely to be approved for a CSP in the next year.
Discover and Cap1 also don't have FTF. If you are spending enough in Canada, both are worth a look. Discover has the added bonus of a free monthly TU-08 FICO score. Discover seems to like thin, clean files. I don't know if they would approve you or not. If you haven't already checked, be sure to try Cap1's pre-qual site. A QS (not QS1) with no FTF would be a good bridge card.
The cards CK recommends or "finds" is complete garbage. However, they also have a Chase/Amex pre-qual page. I believe it is fairly accurate. It has never found any cards for me even though I have decent FICOs. I am over 5/24 and have several Amex cards. I think it only works for Amex if you do not have any Amex cards.
To replace your EX-08 score, you can sign up for:
It is run by Discover, but you can sign up even if you don't have a Discover card.