When someone's clearly not Canadian (4.Viewing)

Eric · Dec 28, 2022

I found .ca domains where the seller is clearly not canadian, I checked whois, forsalelink, facebook, ip address and everything links to foreign ownership by someone who has no claim to canadian ownership status.

What's the cira policy on this, do we report them, does cira follow up, does anybody care? Not that I have a hope in hell of getting the domains but it's clearly a violation of cira's terms and it pisses me off to see top end domains in foreign hands.

BillSweetman · Dec 28, 2022

CIRA allows non-Canadian entities that hold a Canadian trademark to own a .CA domain ... not saying that's the case here, but the CIRA ownership rules are nuanced: Canadian Presence Requirements for Registrants

Also, the rules are not strongly enforced or policed, in my experience.

Groot · Dec 28, 2022

When has CIRA ever checked someone's address?

China has that passport requirement thingy (as of recently?), not sure about other extensions. Not sure how effective it is either.

Could the registrars be restricting it based on the billing address? Other than that, anyone can just select the "Canadian citizen" option, enter a random Canadian address you looked up online, and you move on...

RedRider · Dec 28, 2022