ICloud and Multiple Apple ID Mess

Hi,
I seem to have made a mess of my iCloud and AppleID accounts.  Here's the timeline:
Years ago when I got my first iphone (3G), and being a canadian customer,
1) I signed up for a US appleID with primary emailA so I can access the US iTunes store
2) I signed up for a Canadian appleID with a secondary emailB
I start using my US appleID as my primary account purchasing apps and eventually setting up an iCloud account when it came with my US AppleID
Recently, I decided to switch to my canadian appleID as my primary account.  At that point, I didn't know you could change the country of the appleid account so what I did was this:
1) change my US AppleID email to a third emailC
2) change my Canadian AppleID email to my primary emailA
Start using my Canadian AppleID with the new primary emailA with my Apple devices.
I've since run into a few issues:
1) my icloud.com email was automatically reserved for my US appleID account.  Is there anyway I can release that so i can register it with my Canadian AppleID?
2) Siri and find my friends, and other icloud related services are all screwy since I updated to iOS 6.  Siri can't launch any of my apps (she can't find apps), thinks my home address is somewhere in the US (when I say navigate home), and I constantly have to log back into find my friends and game center when I launch the apps.
I think a bunch of iCloud services are still tied to my US appleID and because I am logged into my canadian appleiD account in itunes/appstore, things go screwy. 
Can anyone advise on what I can do to fix all the broken iCloud services? 
is there a way to get them tied to my Canadian AppleID.
Can I merge my US appleID account with my Canadian appleID?
Should I switch the emails back and then change the country of my US appleID? 
Thanks!

Hmm... sounds like I should undo the email switchroo and revert back to my american appleID as my primary appleID account and then change the country for that account through official itunes/appleID processes.
then I'll have two canadian apple IDs.  And unfortunately, I just put money into my original canadian apple ID that i'll no longer be using.. =(
This raises a few related questions:
1) Is there a way to move money between accounts?  I assume i could ways just "gift" apps from one account to be owned by the other.  Anything cleaner?
2) How tied is Siri to my iCloud account? I have a lot of siri issues since upgrading to 6.1.  it can't find apps when I try to launch them, even default apps like clock or calendar.   If siri is not tied to icloud at all, then maybe it's not as critical to have access to my icloud account.  I don't use it for anything except the todo/reminders app.
Thanks,

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