The 1976 Quebec Charter of Rights outlined the passage of a 1981 provincial law intended to promote gender equality. With this law, a woman's maiden name remains her legal name after marriage and cannot be changed without the authorization of the court—which isn't an easy task.
The 1976 Quebec Charter of Rights outlined the passage of a 1981 provincial law intended to promote gender equality. With this law, a woman's maiden name remains her legal name after marriage and cannot be changed without the authorization of the court—which isn't an easy task.
Thank you. For what it is worth, it all strikes me as intrusive and authoritarian. There was always wiggle-room in the old days for those who sought it. Sounds very heavy handed to have to plead a case to a judge to do what you want in a family matter.
Quebec boomers ushered in the Quiet Revolution. They did stick it to those who held Catholic values, but those folks are mostly deceased by now. Blaming boomers for the demise of the Catholic church - that's a funny critique in my book. I praise them for doing it.
You're celebrating too soon then. The thing that will characterise them the most will be having rejected the values of both their parents and their descendants. A more visible example of this is how Quebec Boomers liked to give their children hyphenated last names, with both the father's name and the maternal grandfather's name. You'll find people in their late twenties and older with hyphenated names, but the practice has basically died out, so you won't find younger people with that kind of name. I know a few men with hyphenated names who just go by their father's name, for example.
Well the boomers are dying off, so their influence on society has passed to younger generations. As it must. The Catholic church no longer influences politics - mission accomplished since the late 70s to early 80s.
The Catholic Church has no political power in Quebec, and in exchange we now have civilisational decay. At least there's you who thinks it was worth it
There's a reason former PM Jean Chretien had 19 siblings - contraception not allowed. Quebec during the Duplessis era was described as backwards and corrupt. Who wants to go back to those years? But that nightmare was before my time. I didn't experience it firsthand as my mother did.
The rule:
https://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/en/couple-et-famille/mariage-union-civile-ou-union-de-fait/marriage/married-name/
Google's explanation:
The 1976 Quebec Charter of Rights outlined the passage of a 1981 provincial law intended to promote gender equality. With this law, a woman's maiden name remains her legal name after marriage and cannot be changed without the authorization of the court—which isn't an easy task.
Thank you. For what it is worth, it all strikes me as intrusive and authoritarian. There was always wiggle-room in the old days for those who sought it. Sounds very heavy handed to have to plead a case to a judge to do what you want in a family matter.
It's a legal thing. I wouldn't go to court over it.
One co-worker hated her middle name, which was Marie Clementine. The only time she was reminded of it, was when some bureaucrat required it.
p.s. Can I call you Phil, or is that punishable by a fine?
Phil is fine. A million times better than some things I get called. 👍😂🤣
It's the boomer generation sticking it to the values of all previous generations. In Quebec they're particularly bad like this
Quebec boomers ushered in the Quiet Revolution. They did stick it to those who held Catholic values, but those folks are mostly deceased by now. Blaming boomers for the demise of the Catholic church - that's a funny critique in my book. I praise them for doing it.
You're celebrating too soon then. The thing that will characterise them the most will be having rejected the values of both their parents and their descendants. A more visible example of this is how Quebec Boomers liked to give their children hyphenated last names, with both the father's name and the maternal grandfather's name. You'll find people in their late twenties and older with hyphenated names, but the practice has basically died out, so you won't find younger people with that kind of name. I know a few men with hyphenated names who just go by their father's name, for example.
Well the boomers are dying off, so their influence on society has passed to younger generations. As it must. The Catholic church no longer influences politics - mission accomplished since the late 70s to early 80s.
The Catholic Church has no political power in Quebec, and in exchange we now have civilisational decay. At least there's you who thinks it was worth it
There's a reason former PM Jean Chretien had 19 siblings - contraception not allowed. Quebec during the Duplessis era was described as backwards and corrupt. Who wants to go back to those years? But that nightmare was before my time. I didn't experience it firsthand as my mother did.