Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Baker, Ms. Lalonde, Mr. Godbout, Ms. Durocher-Hendriks and Ms. Larocque, thank you for your testimony.
I come from New Brunswick and I am the member for Madawaska—Restigouche. I am quite familiar with the issue you are discussing. My wife was a graduate nurse at the University of Moncton in Ms. Wade's day. She worked at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre. In short, I am quite familiar with the dynamics.
What you have just told us about in 15 minutes is a scandal, it is a huge barrier for francophones outside Quebec who want to study nursing. We know the situation well. I hear about it in my own village. Today we are hearing about it from professionals.
I don't want to go into detail about the scandal because everything I've heard has given me a headache, but I would like to know one thing. To obtain your Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the last step is practical training, practical internships in the field. Based on the University of Moncton program, I can state that the Bachelor of Science in Nursing is the degree that includes the largest number of practical training field placements in the four years.
Is it now a five-year program, or is it still four years long?