As you know, the New Brunswick Commissioner of Official Languages has just ruled that the Nurses Association of New Brunswick has violated the provincial Official Languages Act.
I will quote from the report:
… There is indeed a significant gap in the exam preparation resources available to one linguistic community compared to the other. Whereas there is only one French-language question bank tool, with no simulation exam and a limited number of practice questions, there is a vast array of high quality English-language exam simulations that are commercially available. Therefore, Francophone candidates are not on a level playing field compared to their Anglophone counterparts.…
This clearly demonstrates the situation.
We have started to work with the members of the association. There wasn't much reaction to the commissioner's report. However, we have established a partnership in which we are exploring the possibility of substituting another review. Last year, when the executive director of the association appeared before you, she said that the association was ready to look at other resources. Indeed, our provincial association has the authority to adopt another review, and we are currently working on a solution that we believe we can launch in September 2019.