On October 23, 2026, two fathers in Winnipeg, Darrel Nadeau and Mackenzie Dyck, filed a formal complaint challenging Manitoba’s birth registration rules that delay parental recognition after a surrogate birth.
The complaint notes that the process requires a court order before the parents can be listed on the birth certificate, a step that can add up to five weeks of waiting and cost around $6,000.
Although surrogacy is legal in Manitoba, the parents say the required court order creates costly and time‑consuming barriers for couples using surrogacy.