▁existing ▁Canadian ▁law ". ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁bill ▁through ▁parliament , ▁Lee ▁Ward , ▁an ▁associate ▁professor ▁of ▁Political ▁Science ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Regin a , ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁government ' s ▁proposed ▁method ▁of ▁alter ing ▁the ▁line ▁of ▁succession ▁in ▁Canada ▁dissol ved ▁" the ▁dec ades - old ▁notion ▁that ▁the ▁British ▁Crown ▁and ▁Canadian ▁Crown ▁are ▁separate ▁legal ▁entities , ▁as ▁Canada ' s ▁government ▁conced es ▁that ▁the ▁British ▁parliament ▁will ▁decide ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century ▁who ▁will ▁be ▁our ▁head ▁of ▁state ", ▁thereby ▁possibly ▁" re qu ir [ ing ] ▁radical ▁re cons ider ation ▁of ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁mon archy ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁constitution ". ▁Ward ▁did , ▁however , ▁acknow ledge ▁the ▁political ▁desire ▁to ▁avoid ▁emb ark ing ▁on ▁am ending ▁the ▁constitution ▁with ▁Canadian ▁law , ▁which ▁would ▁require ▁the ▁appro val ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁provinces . ▁ ▁The ▁Mon arch ist ▁League ▁of ▁Canada ▁supported ▁the ▁government ' s ▁method ▁of ▁am ending ▁the ▁succession , ▁while ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Royal ▁Heritage ▁Trust ▁and ▁Cit iz ens ▁for ▁a ▁Canadian ▁Republic ▁stated , ▁respectively , ▁that ▁the ▁same ▁was ▁in effect ual ▁and ▁un const itution al . ▁University ▁of ▁Toronto ▁history ▁lect urer ▁Carol yn ▁Harris ▁noted ▁a ▁" polit ical ▁controvers y " ▁around ▁the ▁same ▁subject . ▁ ▁Jud icial ▁review ▁In ▁the ▁hearing ▁of ▁an ▁application ▁to ▁the ▁Ontario ▁Super ior ▁Court ▁of ▁Justice , ▁presented ▁on ▁ 7