This is somewhat old news, but a recently-married woman in Quebec is fighting to use officially assume her husband's last name. In 1981, a law was passed REQUIRING people (men AND women) to keep the name they had at birth (I'm assuming that this means that if I move to Quebec, I'll have to resume using "Cindy" rather than "Cynthia"...I legally changed it to Cynthia in my early 20s.). This was apparently seen as "progressive" in 1981. But it also doesn't give people the choice to change. Also, in British Columbia, if you want to hyphenate your last names after marriage, it is considered an OFFICIAL name change (different from the name change procedure when one gets married. In other words, you can keep your name, take on your spouse's name OR use two last names minus the hyphen (I think....now I'm not too sure). But you can't hyphenate.). This means a new birth certificate. What do you think about this? Crazy? Just as archaic as forcing a woman to change her last name after marriage?
Article about Quebec case
BC Case
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