Official Languages committee  It is the Conseil canadien des organismes de réglementation de la profession infirmière.

Official Languages committee  I'd like to provide some important context.

Official Languages committee  For historical and other reasons, Quebec withdrew from the Canadian organizations that regulate the profession. This left the other provinces together. That is a good part of the answer to your question. Are the standards the same? No, they are not. The possibility of using the same exam that is used in Quebec was already studied, but since the two health care systems are very different, a large part of the content would have to be adapted.

Official Languages committee  Aside from the francophone nurses of Quebec, only 4% of nurses elsewhere in Canada are francophones. That is part of the answer. We aren't considered numerous enough to justify the creation of commercial material. The market is not big enough.

Official Languages committee  Hello. My name is Pierre Godbout. I am the director of the School of Nursing, which offers programs at three campuses: in Moncton, Shippagan, and Edmundston, which my colleague is representing today. The School of Nursing is the only institution east of Quebec that offers a bachelor of nursing in French.