Good afternoon. I am Liette Andrée Landry, and I'm from northeastern New Brunswick.
I want to point out that few of my students are comfortable in English, and that they are mostly Francophones. Rather than repeat what others have said, I will bring the following to your attention. After our program was restructured, over 95% of our students who wrote the Canadian exam in 2014 passed, which was above the national average at the time. After the arrival of the American exam, however, this rate dropped to about 20%. Depending on where you are in New Brunswick, the success rate remains between 20% and 30% for students who take the exam for the first time.
I want to make it clear that the program we offer today is exactly the same as in 2014, and that the type of student taking this exam has remained unchanged. The only element that has changed since 2014 is the entry-to-practice exam.
Obviously, we would like to find a solution that would not only suit our students and nurses in New Brunswick, but that could also apply to other francophones elsewhere in Canada.
Thank you.