The cable of my L-shaped charger has begun to split

My 15" macbook pro which I bought from the apple store in September of last year has begun to split at the neck. Is this covered in my warranty? How do I go about getting a new one? I bought the computer when living in Ireland but now live in Montreal, Canada. Will that affect anything?

I went in today to get this same issue fixed, only to be told that it was cause by my own doing!
I was furious, I went to speak to another apple employee (not at the genius bar) who agreed me. I even spotted another mac product suffering from the same problem in the store.
I'm not sure what to do now, but this is not what I expect from Apple at all. I payed a lot of money for this laptop and I expect the charger to last longer than a year!..Even if I do use it a lot.
Grr!!!
Any ideas?
Thanks

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