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.quebec is a new GeoTLD and Community Priority Application that was proposed to ICANN 's New gTLD Program by PointQuébec, a non-profit organisation . The organisation aims to improve the businesses, culture, tourism, and online identity of Quebec and the Quebecois through the .quebec TLD . According to the PointQuébec organisation, .quebec will allow all Quebecers to register their domain names under .quebec.
PointQuébec's application for the GeoTLD was approved, and was delegated to the Root Zone on 16 April 2014. The application was supported by the Quebec National Assembly and other cultural, technical, and economic institutions in the city . It received "substantial financial support from the Québec government ", and is a not-for profit organisation. The organisation will verify legitimate registrations via statements of intent through a post-verification registration system. quebec officially launched on No
Along with TLDs such as .cat and .africa , .quebec and other new TLDs fall into the new category of GeoTLDs . The issue of new top level domains in general and .quebec in particular has been discussed at various ICANN -Meetings since 2005.