The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support of "Net neutrality" is encouraging but the concept should be enshrined in federal law to protect it from being dismantled, an open-Internet activist said on Thursday. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says that Laura Tribe's comments came as it appears likely U.S. regulators will overturn an Obama-era policy that prevents Internet service providers from using pricing or other barriers to block or favour content. "I think one of the good things right now is that we do have Net neutrality in Canada," Ms. Tribe, OpenMedia's executive director, told Canadian Press. However, she added, Canadian Net neutrality is not spelled out in legislation. "What OpenMedia is asking for is for Net neutrality to be enshrined in principle in the Telecommunications Act itself, to make sure this is no longer interpreted in multiple [CRTC] decisions ... and really clearly spelled out," Ms. Tribe said. University of Ottawa law Professor Michael Geist agreed some of the big Canadian telcos have opposed Net neutrality in the past and probably still do. Prof. Geist also said that Net neutrality "is a must" for NAFTA.