Canadian Ejection and Board Suspension Guidelines
Canadian Ejection and Board Suspension Guidelines
Recognizing that the delegate of the region of Canada has the power to eject nations from the region;
and further recognizing that moderators on the off-site forum have the power to suspend and ban nations from the forums;
and further recognizing that in the interests of democracy, certain limits should be placed on the power to eject, suspend and ban;
The Cabinet of Canada has enacted the following rules with respect to conduct in the region or the off-site forum and the implementation and use of ejection, suspension, banning and other methods of addressing misconduct.
I Ejection, Suspension and Banning Criteria
1. The delegate may eject any nation from the region without consultation with the Cabinet in the following circumstances, and an Administrator of the offsite board may unilaterally IP ban any nation’s offsite account in the following circumstances:
(a) Where the nation has requested to be ejected or suspended, as the case may be; (b.) Where the nation has posted or private messaged “spam”; (c.) Where the nation has posted or private messaged clearly racist, homophobic, sexist or other messages that can be clearly defined as inciting hatred against any identifiable group or individual; (d) Where the nation is insulting an individual member nation based on characteristics stated in clause "c" above; (e) Where the nation posts or private messages obscene materials, images or links; (f) Where the nation posts or private messages out of character threats to another member; (g) Where the delegate has reason to believe that a nation or group of nations poses an imminent threat to the constitutional rule of the region.
2. The delegate may eject any nation for any other reason upon consultation with Cabinet and majority approval of Cabinet for the ejection or an Administrator of the offsite board can suspend an offsite account with the majority approval of cabinet for the following reasons:
(a) Flaming (swearing, insults); (b.) flame baiting; (c.) baseless rule violation accusation; (d) using Canada as a hidden base of operations for an invasion without authorization; (e) participation in an enemy invasion of the region of Canada that is not an immediate threat to the security of the region; (f) treason against the region of Canada
3. Where an ejection has taken place as a result of a section 1 or section 2 event, the length of the nation’s stay on the ban list shall be determined by quorum of the Cabinet. Where an off-site board suspension or IP ban has taken place as a result of a section 1 or 2 event, the length of the suspension or ban shall be determined by a quorum of the Cabinet. At the cabinet's discretion a lesser punishment (such as a warning) may be applied in place of an ejection, suspension or banning. Nation subject to an ejection, suspension, banning, order may telegram the delegate and ask for a hearing into the matter, using the region’s dispute resolution mechanisms. The ejected, suspended or banned nation may request a different punishment or relief from punishment at the said hearing.
4. Any actions that the Cabinet determines require a permanent ban WILL be reported to the Mods. The definitions of "Spam" “Flaming” "Obscene" and “hatred” are entirely at the discretion of the Cabinet or the delegate, as the case may be. All nations ejected shall receive one TG with the details of the punishment and the reasons why the action was taken, along with a link to the region's legal thread and their legal recourse. Representatives of Canada are required to act reasonably and professionally throughout the process.
Warnings Each warning shall consist of one block Each warning shall be removed after 28 days if no other warnings are issued durning that 28 day period. If another warning is issued durning that time the first warning is carried over for another 28 days. An accumulation of three warnings will lead to a suspension, or ejection, or banning.
