What happened with me is I had driving licence issued in 2001 from Islamabad and was expired in 2005 but as in routine i never renewed it, when coming to Canada I went to SSP office to renew my licence which was expired 7 years ago. they gave me a new learner licence and i got new licence in Dec 2012 and landed in the same month in Canada, I submitted my new driving licence which was valid with international licence but Again I was given learner licence GDL7 based on my previous driving experience which was few days. Again I went to them with my old expired (7years ago) licence to show my previous driving licence, they asked to verify it i first got it verified from Islamabad but did not work, They did not accept the verification, then I sent it to Pakistan High Commission, Vancouver, luckily they verified it and now I got exemption from learner and I have booked my Advanced test on 31 August, will take the test and In Shah Allah Will get my Alberta operator Licence.