New Brunswick's Commissioner of Official Languages said she hoped more amendments would be made to the Official Languages Act to improve equality in linguistic communities.

"We are hopeful the province will step up and take this money that Ottawa has put on the table and secure the future of Campus Saint-Jean."

Simard, 29, left the Progressive Conservatives on Thursday after publicly denouncing Ontario's decision to eliminate the independent office of the French-language services commissioner and a planned French-language university.