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Dr Henry Morgentaler passed away Wednesday at the age of 90, due to a heart attack.

Morgentaler dedicated his life to family planning issues, namely providing safe and legal abortions in Canada.

He spearheaded the abortion movement, opening the country’s first abortion clinic in Montreal. His activism was not without immense controversy.

In 1974 he was acquitted on the charge of carrying out an illegal abortion. According to the CBC this was because a Montreal jury refused to endorse the law, deeming it ‘unfair”.The province later appealed the acquittal.

Bilingualism is drops 17.5 per cent in Canada according to a recent Statistics Canada finding.

The CBC reports that this is the first decline in the past 40 years.

The statistic is measured as the number of being who can conduct a conversation in both the languages.

This decline raises concerns over the effectiveness of the Official Languages Act.

Bilingualism is still on the rise in Quebec and New Brunswick, with 42.6 per cent of Quebec residents reported as bilingual according to a 2011 report.

STORY WRITTEN BY: HANNAH BESSEAU