A couple of key points that the Act is designed to deal with (from wikipedia):
o promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy
o provide consumers with competitive prices and product choices.

Phone (un)locking isn't a copyright issue at all. And to boot you're not trying to “descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or to otherwise avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate or a technological measure”. You are entering a code from the manufacturer designed to support a business process of the customers (carriers) of the manufacturer. If you were able to buy it directly from the manufacturer it would not be locked to any network, e.g. see the Android dev phones manufactured by HTC (http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/d...).

I suggest writing your MP… I did. And having looked up the Act and the regulatory body I'll probably be writing the Competition Bureau too now.

This practice is crippling our mobile economy. I was told recently by a Fido customer service rep that this practice of locking phones to carriers and giving away phones for 3 year contracts is already illegal in parts of Europe.

I recommend you try the Internet Unplugged from Bell (Rogers cowns the network with Bell so they should have a similar product). It works on a pre-WIMAX network and it is very reliable. I have used it for the past two years. It gives me anywhere from 1Mbps to 2.5Mbps down and up to 600Kbps up. It costs $63/month and works in all major cities (no additional fees what so ever). If you want to share the connection with colleagues then you just add a simple Wifi AP to it.

I have even used it in my car on the go!

I recommend you try the Internet Unplugged from Bell (Rogers cowns the network with Bell so they should have a similar product). It works on a pre-WIMAX network and it is very reliable. I have used it for the past two years. It gives me anywhere from 1Mbps to 2.5Mbps down and up to 600Kbps up. It costs $63/month and works in all major cities (no additional fees what so ever). If you want to share the connection with colleagues then you just add a simple Wifi AP to it.

I have even used it in my car on the go!