The House of Commons passed, on February 4, 2013, a bill that assents to changes to the rules for order of succession to the throne. The Honourable the Senate of Canada received the bill the next day, and it has been ordered for second reading in the near future. (The House of Commons passed the bill by unanimous consent at all stages in one motion.)
The changes, once assented to, would end male-preference primogeniture. This modernisation would mean that daughters of the sovereign would take the throne before younger brothers. (Before the implementation of these changes, the male child would always have precedence, and would take the throne before even several older female siblings.) The changes would also do away with a rule that would disqualify a person from the order of succession upon marriage to a Roman Catholic.
You can check out Bill C-53, An Act to assent to alterations in the law touching the Succession to the Throne, here.
The changes, once assented to, would end male-preference primogeniture. This modernisation would mean that daughters of the sovereign would take the throne before younger brothers. (Before the implementation of these changes, the male child would always have precedence, and would take the throne before even several older female siblings.) The changes would also do away with a rule that would disqualify a person from the order of succession upon marriage to a Roman Catholic.
You can check out Bill C-53, An Act to assent to alterations in the law touching the Succession to the Throne, here.
