[flexcoders] addChild not showing!!

[Jeremy Rottman]

I'm trying to create a preloader for a flex application I'm making and I'm
using Ted's Custom Preloader as a basis for a start point. The problem I'm
having is when I try to add my child canvas to the screen that has the
labels I added to that canvas it is not showing on the screen. Is there
something more I need to do to be able to add the canvas to the stage? Any
help would be much appreciated. Here is the following code I have that
returns the canvas and does the addChild(). With this code I'm not returning
any errors so kind of at a loss atm.

       // ----------------------------------------------------------------
       // *****************CREATE LOADER INFO METHOD**********************
       // ----------------------------------------------------------------
       public function createLoadInfo():Canvas {
           canvas = new Canvas();
           canvas.width = 380, canvas.height = 115;
           canvas.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xFFFFFF);

           label = new Label();
           label.id = "gatewayText";
           label.x = 0, label.y = 0;
           label.setStyle("color", 0xFFFFFF);
           label.setStyle("fontSize", 12);
           label.text = "Initializing CFMX Gateway";
           canvas.addChild(label);

           label = new Label();
           label.id = "securityText";
           label.x = 0, label.y = 30;
           label.setStyle("color", 0xFFFFFF);
           label.setStyle("fontSize", 12);
           label.text = "Initializing Security Checks";
           canvas.addChild(label);

           return canvas;
       }

       // ----------------------------------------------------------------
       // *****************UPDATE VIEW METHOD*****************************
       // ----------------------------------------------------------------
       public function updateView(event:TimerEvent):void {
           if( this.alpha < 1){
               this.alpha = this.alpha + this.fadeInRate;
           }
           var loaderCanvas:Canvas = createLoadInfo();
           loaderCanvas.x = loaderCanvas.y = 100;

           this.stage.addChild(loaderCanvas);
           this.stage.addChild(this);
           this.x = this.stage.stageWidth/2 - this.width/2
           this.y = this.stage.stageHeight/2 - this.height/2
           this.visible = true;

           if( this.ready && timer.currentCount > this.timeAutoClose )
gatewayHandler()
       }