Max Deller-Lestage and his wife, Marie Pascal, opened a registered education savings plan (RESP) at TD Bank for their two children, aged three and seven. The children use a combination of their parents’ last names, resulting in the surname of Pascal Deller-Lestage. The family later wanted to move the RESP, which holds around $6,000, to a different bank that offered better interest. The transfer wouldn't go through, however, because the new bank included the hyphen and the space in the kids' last name. More than a year later, Deller-Lestage and Pascal still haven't been able to transfer the funds to the new bank.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2026 23:53 UTC