Wow! That's so surprising to hear. I too bought a US car and had to have the daytime running lights activated. I called every dealership in the lower mainland. Quotes went as high as $500. Morrey was the only one that said it was a simple reprogram of the ECU. They charged me $56 to do it.
Very dissappointed they've gone the other way
Now, ironically, work has transferred me down to So Cal and had to import the US car back to the States