I think we have to work to achieve equal access to services for both sociolinguistic communities. So I'm trying to understand what the situation is in each province. Each have slightly different regionalization models and different resources available, but there is no doubt that we must try to understand and document these facts.
If a hospital is closed down and services are regionalized, will the sociolinguistic communities be further ahead or further behind? That is a very important question. So we have to look at it closely.
The first studies done in New Brunswick clearly showed a health differential between the official language communities. However, it is also true that the socioeconomic situation is also very important. Poverty has a very negative impact on health, regardless which language a person speaks.
What I understand from New Brunswick is that there are regional boards that provide services in French, but that the problem of small communities spread around more anglophone regions has not been solved. Apparently there are some important challenges regarding these groups in particular.