John McLaughlin, former deputy minister in the Education Department, talks about the current state of the French Immersion system following the Premier's call of wanting to end French Immersion in NB.

It was a surprise to some people.

But that's what Commissioners John McLaughlin, and Judge Yvette Finn recommended last February..

When they were asked to come up with a better system for teaching the French language to Anglophone students.

John McLaughlin joins us.

He's a former deputy minister in the Education Department.