B.C. name-changing rules eased following finding of discrimination against senior
A B.C. senior has at long last been allowed to correct her legal name, more than 70 years after it was misspelled on her birth certificate.
In the case of Ms. M, the agency demanded at least two pieces of documentary evidence dating back to before her 12th birthday to prove the spelling of her first name. Known as “Elizabeth” her whole life, Ms. M says her name was mistakenly spelled “Elizebeth” with an “e” when her birth certificate was produced in the 1940s.
In a report released Tuesday , Ombudsperson Jay Chalke said Ms. M’s case shone a light on issues within the Vital Statistics Agency, which is responsible for registering all births, deaths, marriages and name changes in B.C.
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