activity between men was a capital crime. The death penalty was eventually repealed and a broader law involving gross indecency between men was often enforced in the late 19th century. In June 1969, Parliament passed the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69, which decriminalized sexual activity between men, with an age of consent for anal sex set at 21 years. In 1985, the anal sex provisions in section 159 of the Criminal Code were relaxed, although the age of consent remained 18 years of age unless the parties were husband and wife. Section 159 continued to make it a criminal offence to engage in anal intercourse if a third person was present, or if anal intercourse was conducted in a public place. After the enactment of the Charter, courts in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Alberta each independently declared section 159 to be unconstitutional as a violation of the equality provision of the Charter. On November 15, 2016, the Liberal Government introduced legislation to repeal section 159 of the Criminal Code. The bill, C-32, would have ensured that all forms of consensual sexual activity be treated equally under the law, with an equal age of consent for both heterosexual and homosexual acts. The bill was later incorporated into a new bill, C-75, which was tabled in late March 2018. Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault, a special advisor to the prime minister on LGBTQ2 issues, stated on behalf of the Government: "We heard from the community that section 159 is a piece of archaic legislation that has continued to affect young men, so it's important to get this debated and passed through the house." On June 21, 2019, the bill received royal assent and was enacted as law. Apology to LGBTQ+ people On November 28, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a formal apology in Parliament to members of the LGBTQ+ community: On June 21, 2018, the Governor General granted royal assent to the Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act (). The Act allows a person who was convicted of certain homosexual acts prior to their being lawful in 1969, or later on, of anal intercourse under the now repealed section 159 of the Criminal Code, to have the RCMP, and federal departments or agencies, "destroy or remove any judicial record of the conviction". The Act also requires that any provincial or municipal police force, or courts, which were involved in