Car insurance rates in Canada can be very expensive, especially for men. Provinces such as Alberta and Ontario charge men much higher rates than women, especially at a younger age. The rationale is that statistically speaking, men get into more serious car accidents than women.
But one person (can I call her a man, or him a woman?) has come up with an interesting way to get around that. This is the story: Here and here.
The person, known as ”David”, got his Alberta birth certificate changed from ”M” to ”F”, then got insurance as a ”woman”. It cost about $1100 less a year doing this.
Alberta had made it easier to change the gender on documents in an effort to make the process easier for transgender individuals. Clearly, this was not the intent of these legal reforms.
However, the LGBTQ Community has objected, claiming that this is making a mockery of the laws meant to protect them. Some in the government have claimed that this is in fact perjury and fraud.
Curiously enough, many Canadians have been left with a sour taste given all of the SJW policies, including what is seen as excessive trans accomodation and the blurring of actual biological differences between the sexes.
Author’s Views: I have no issue with people living as the people they wish to be or feel that they are. As long as it doesn’t infringe on myself or others, people are free to be who they are. However, the fake outrage that is so often on the news is very offputting.
My own leanings are somewhat conservative/libertarian, and my beliefs are that people should be treated equally and fairly. No prejudice, no special treatment. And different rates for men and women is discrimination.
I do think it is an amusing way to combat the prejudicial practice of charging men higher rates for insurance. A sense of 2 wrongs making a right.