• BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml
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      Back in the day, like early 90’s when they were managed by the university, they also hand reviewed each request. I had a customer with a registered company name something like “Wood Supplies Canada Inc.” and they wanted “woodsuppliescanada.ca”. They rejected it because “…canada.ca” was superfluous …

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      If I remember correctly it’s an honor system thing. You need to declare your a citizen or PR or something

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        You don’t even need to be a citizen or PR, you just need to have “a Canadian presence”, which can be as simple as owning a trademark registered in Canada

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          Other countries have different requirements so it’s good to always check in any case.