Campbell River couple's battle to get son's Indigenous name on birth certificate successful
B.C. Vital Statistics Agency agrees to accept Indigenous language letters
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B.C. Vital Statistics Agency agrees to accept Indigenous language letters
B.C. Vital Statistics Agency agrees to accept Indigenous language letters
B.C. Vital Statistics Agency agrees to accept Indigenous language letters
Raymond Taylor Shaw and Crystal A.J. Smith filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court arguing they faced a “significant burden and emotional toll” when they had to register their son by his last name only to access benefits
Vital Statistics Agency’s naming standard currently recognizes only the standard letters in the Latin alphabet, A through Z, and standard French characters, along with apostrophes, periods and hyphens