Can I buy a .CA if I have no affiliation with Canada?

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Published on 2011-03-08T04:59:56Z Indexed on 2011/03/08 8:19 UTC
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Well, the title says it all. It seems by CIRA (http://www.cira.ca/home-en/?lang=en) that I cannot, but the website doesn't make it explicitly clear how they check or anything like that...

I have a domain name that I'd love to register for a business that will likely start in the US (where I'm based), but hopefully will grow globally (probably including Canada), but I want to build a brand around the domain name, and I do not want to get slammed by Canada yanking the domain name back if they discover I have no connection there.

I only have experience with .com and .us domain names, so this is new territory for me. Any advice?

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