Condition critical.

Discusses the controversy in Canada over the hiring of onetime Parti Quebecois candidate David Levine by the Ottawa Civic Hospital board. Marion Dewar's support for the decision; The hospital's decision to choose a former separatist candidate; View that Ottawa's anger is a thin veneer for anti-French racism; Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard's visit to the United States; The assertion that separatism does not discourage outside investors.