RIP Linuxcaffe?

[charles chris]

I have 3 .ca domains, drpcdr.ca, jobcircle.ca and afrogta.ca

My web host said you must have a physical Canadian address, a rule
stipulated by cira

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:40 AM, E K <ekg_ab-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

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> *From:* D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> *To:* "tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org" <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:44:24 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [TLUG]: RIP Linuxcaffe?
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> | From: Robert Brockway <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org>
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> | On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, E K wrote:
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> | > Oddly enough you need to have a passport to have a .ca domain name for
> your
> | > privately owned company. That might be the reason their site is down.
> |
> | Hi E K.  Here are the rules for .ca registration:
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> | http://www.cira.ca/assets/Documents/Legal/Registrants/CPR.pdf
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> | At one point (perhaps 1992) I looked into .ca.  I think that it was
> | when UBC was the gatekeeper.  The rules would not allow my
> | Ontario-registered company to have a .ca domain if it didn't have some
> | kind of presence in more than just Ontario.  Otherwise, I was supposed
> | to register in on.ca.  Apparently those rules went away on 2000
> | November 8.
> |
> | E K: when did you try to register?
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> I had registered the domain name without any of the documentation, as far
> as I can remember. It was only this year that the CIRA contacted me to give
> them the document. The business registration that I submitted clearly
> indicates that the company address is in Toronto. Arguably, that address is
> more current than the address on any of the documents that they asked.
> Definately more current than the birth certificate.
>
> In the light of this case, their 'Canadian presence' reason didn't make
> sense to me. But, I have lived long enough to know that rules do not have
> to always be logical; only enforceable.
>
> EK
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http://jobcircle.ca
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