I can’t believe that there isn’t a gripping political thriller about the making of this law.
Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I believe this is a thing in Quebec.
from …sbs.com.au/…/canadian-culture-naming
In Quebec, the Civil Code requires parents to assign their child only one surname (either a single or compound surname) derived from their respective surnames. Compound surnames may not have more than two parts, with or without hyphens. Thus, a couple named Joseph BOUCHARD-TREMBLAY and Marie DION-ROY could give their children the surnames:
- BOUCHARD
- TREMBLAY
- DION
- ROY
- BOUCHARD-TREMBLAY
- DION-ROY
- BOUCHARD-DION
- BOUCHARD-ROY, and so on.
In Quebec, the law provides that spouses retain their respective birth names when they are married.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 months ago
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“Mr Bouchard-Roy-Tremblay-Barbier-Allard-Dupont and Ms Moreau-Dubois-Laurent-Aubert-Beaumont have flagrantly shown disrespect for French customs by desiring to call themselves Mr and Mrs Bouchard-Moreau-Roy-Dubois-Tremblay-Laurent-Barbier-Aubert-Allard-Beaumont-Dupont and MUST be forced to truncate this surname into no more than two parts with or without a single dash. They are a disgrace to the national culture.”
“How DARE you call us disgraces. We, the Bouchard-Moreau-Roy-Dubois-Tremblay-Laurent-Fournier-Aubert-Allard-Beaumont-Duponts have a long, proud history of serving our country and its people and will not be treated in such a manner! We demand to be shown respect!”
The judge raises his hand and looks toward the defendant
“Please recite to me your name one more time.”
“Bouchard-Moreau-Roy-Dubois-Tremblay-Laurent-Fournier-Aubert-Allard-Beaufort-Dupont”
“IT IS SETTLED! You do not even know your own name and have wasted the court’s time! You filed your marriage request with the surname Bouchard-Moreau-Roy-Dubois-Tremblay-Laurent-Barbier-Aubert-Allard-Beaumont-Dupont and cannot properly recite it yourself! This is a disgraceful waste of the people’s and the great government of France’s time. You are hereby directed to choose a surname with no more than two parts separated or not by a dash and I will hear no more of this nonsense! Case dismissed!”
Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Gold!
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 months ago
tl, dr.
I kid.
lol
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 months ago
I didn’t know Canada has law governing names. Where I live it’s free for all. A kid even named “Karantina Covidah” by their parents for fuck sake.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The above is for Quebec only, which has a completely different civil law system (a mix of common law and Napoleonic civil code), and does not apply to the rest of Canada.
folkrav@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
That should be child abuse lol
kakes@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
From what I can tell, Quebec has laws for just about everything.