Yes but other countries (off the top of my head: UK, Aus, India) use gov.[ccTLD] My point was that that's confusing with gov.ca if the US is using ca.gov and g

Yes but other countries (off the top of my head: UK, Aus, India) use gov.[ccTLD] My point was that that's confusing with gov.ca if the US is using ca.gov and gov.ca.gov for California, and that perhaps that's why Canada does not do that.