> this seems to imply that they (CIRA) want to keep .ca domains for the
> Canadians
And ... ?
> My question therefore is - are there any rules that would allow CIRA to
> *close down a website / domain* that was registered to a Canadian but
> clearly was being used (sub-let) by a non-Canadian company
Yes. Read the CIRA regulations.
> if the answer is - No they can't shut it down
> can somebody please give me the address of a Canadian mail-drop
> company, so
> that our client can register their required domains to a Canadian address,
> which can then forward the ownership documents & any other snail mail to
> their "foreign" company (presumably these type of mail-drop
> companies exist in Canada)
Well, for about $1000 you can register a company here. But, of course,
one of your principals needs to be Canadian ... or you need an office here.
> if the answer is Yes -
> why are they allowing Canadians to register an unlimited number of domains
> that can be sold for a massive profit as soon as an International
> Court bans CIRA from making such jingoistic restrictions
Well, they'd be selling them to other Canadians, right? So don't worry.
Let us colonists fight amongst ourselves. :)
And CIRA has (or will have) a dispute policy in place, to keep such
speculation to a minimum.
Besides, what international court is going to do this? Do any have any
authority over CIRA? I don't think so.
> i thought The Internet was supposed to open up a whole new world
> of equality
> for everybody not keep the old one for those more equal than the others.
Yeah, reality sucks, eh?
I hope you have complained to the German, Italian, and Australian ccTLD
registries too. Not to mention the .US domain. And many others, I'm sure.
- Colin
