Mr. Speaker, the appointment of David Levine as chief executive officer of an Ottawa hospital is generating a lot of controversy in Ontario.
The issue is not Mr. Levine's great competence, but the fact that he was a PQ candidate 17 years ago. He is accused of being an old stock separatist. His appointment is perceived as posing a great danger to medical services in English in the Ottawa region.
Week after week, the federalists accuse us of wanting to promote ethnic nationalism. Yet, when a non-francophone Quebecker dares to support our political option, he is publicly condemned by all these great Canadians.
The whole episode involving Mr. Levine clearly shows that those who accuse sovereignists of creating ethnic divisions are in fact the ones who try to maintain such splits.
While we fear for the future of the Montfort hospital, some are now concerned about services in English in Ontario. This takes the cake.