https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...-over-any-more
An Alberta man has legally changed his gender purely to benefit from the lower car insurance rates offered to women.
“I didn’t feel like getting screwed over any more,” the man, identified only as “David,” told CBC this week.
For more than three years, Alberta has been among several provinces in which residents can legally change the sex on their birth certificates without providing evidence of genital surgery.
Under a 2015 reform brought in by Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives, to change the gender on a birth certificate applicants need only provide a note from an accredited physician or psychologist indicating that they identify as a different sex.
“It was pretty simple. I just basically asked for it and told (the doctor) that I identify as a woman, or I’d like to identify as a woman, and he wrote me the letter I wanted,” David told CBC.
Once a birth certificate is amended, it’s then a simple process to have the change applied to an Alberta driver’s licence.
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As an aside I don't have any problems with charging men more auto insurance but somehow I bet people who also feel the same way on this board would take issue with charging women more health insurance.
I can respect people who say men and women shouldn't be charged more for auto insurance or health insurance based on gender.
I can respect people who say men and women should be charged for auto insurance or health insurance based on gender.
But I really can't respect someone who thinks it should be one way and not the other.