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In article <35412551.CBD803EB@pinetree.org>,
Gordon Dewis  <gordon@pinetree.org> wrote:
>Vivien Milat wrote:
>
>> Well. If there weren't stupid rules that ONE organisation can only have
>>ONE CDN TLD,
>> then we could have www.gov.ca and www.gouv.ca (like there's gouv.fr in
>>France).
>
>Actually, the rules state that an organization can have two .CA domains,
>simultaneously,
>provided that the organization has legally registered bilingual names.
>I've successfully
>registered bilingual domains for a couple of organizations without any
>problems.

My interpretation, which has resulted in the registration of subdomains
accordingly, is that only one form need be legally registered, that's
enough to establish that the organization legally exists.  The other
form may simply be an operational translation.  I feel that's it's
perfectly reasonable that the "Smith Co." have a subdomain for their
French operating name for "Smith" if they're actually answering
their phone that way.  While I've never been asked to test it, that
should theoretically even extend to an unregistered proprietorship.

Here's the relevent excerpt:

	[...]	The second exception is for an
  organization whose legal name has both an English form and a French
  form, and which wishes to apply for one CA subdomain corresponding to
  each form.

What that means is that:
	a/	An organization must have a legal name,
	b/	They may represent the French and/or English form
		of their legal name,
	c/	They may register a CA subdomain for each

If I remember correctly, this concept has also in practice been
extended to include operating names in general, but please don't
hold me to that last point unless you twist both my arms into
looking up the precise example I'm trying to remember.

                --ed            (Ed Hew)
--
   CA Domain Registry liaison,
   Ontario, UUCP, and unaffiliated organizations.
   <registry@cs.utoronto.ca>,<edhew@xenitec.on.ca>