> The moot point is for resellers. It cost RSP's [including USA
> RSP's] $19 USD and we [USA] can sell .ca domain names to
> Canadians and don't have to charge GST tax because we don't have
> to pay GST tax.
Wow.
So, American OpenSRS RSPs can sell .CA domains to Canadians, and
those Canadians don't have to pay GST?
But ... and I am speaking here as a concerned Canadian RSP, not in
my capacity as another CIRA-approved registrar ... CIRA places
restrictions on the type of entity that can be a CIRA approved
registrar. Namely:
- Canadian Citizen who is ordinarily resident in Canada
- Permanent resident within meaning of the Immigration Act (Canada)
- Canadian Corporation, federally or provincially incorporated
- Partnership registered in Canada where all the partners are
- one of the previous types
- Canadian Educational Institution
- Federal government or agency
- Provincial, territorial government or agency
- Municipal or local area government
Tucows (which owns and operates OpenSRS) is a Canadian corporation,
I assume. Are CIRA registrars who wish to wholesale domain
registration (as OpenSRS does) obligated to make the same
restrictions on their customers (i.e., us the RSPs)?
If so, then US RSPs shouldn't be selling .CA domains.
If not, then Canadian RSPs are at a distinct disadvantage.
Either way, am I wrong to sense that there will be a problem
down the road?
- Colin
(Not to mention that OpenSRS has to pay GST to CIRA on each
domain name it "sells".)
