Ah, pity. I thought, Canada was spared that lunacy.
It's not difficult to unlock it, but you have to disable (and make sure they ARE disabled, as disabling updates in Apple software doesn't guarantee anything :)) the software updates, or else you can get a iBrick :)
The usuals, whatever I post is my opinion, yaddayaddayadda. I'm still learning this, so if you listen to me, well, good luck to you :)