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Outspoken visitor Jean Pigott, Conservative Member of Parliament for Ottawa Carleton, addressed a fund-raising luncheon sponsored by the Simcoe North PC Riding Association on Tuesday. In her speech to the approximately 35 PC supporters, Mrs. Pigott explained the reasons she entered federal politics, and the experiences she has had since she became an MP. Also in attendance at the luncheon was Simcoe North MP, Dr. P.B. Rynard. Staff photo PC caucus member tells supporters is preoccupied with unity issue Canada Approximately 35 local Progressive Conservative supporters attended Simcoe North Riding Association fund raising luncheon, held Tuesday at the Panorama Inn, in Midland. Also in attendance at the luncheon were Simcoe North MP Dr. P.B. Rynard, and a guest speaker, Mrs. Jean Pigott, MP for the riding of Ottawa Carleton. The luncheon was part of a day long fund raising campaign that began with a breakfast meeting in Orillia. Mrs.. Pigott addressed the luncheon on the aspects of running for federal office, the reasons she personally chose to do so, and the relationship between PC leader Joe Clark and the rest of the p arty. Mrs. Pigott explained that she is the newest member of the PC federal caucus, having been elected to the Ottawa Carleton seat in an October 1976 by-election. She noted that the seat she won was in former Finance Minister John Turner's constituency, vacated when he decided to retire from politics. She also remarked that her victory in Ottawa Carleton was the first time a PC had been elected in that con- stituency in 93 years. Mrs. Pigott is an Ottawa businesswoman, who heads a_ bakery known as_ Morrison Lamothe Foods Ltd. She noted' that her company employs 750 people and last year had sales of over $20 million. First involvement It was her involvement with Morrison Lamothe, in particular her saving of the company from bankruptcy, that led her to become involved in politics, Mrs. Pigott explained. Her prime concern 1S with what she sees to be a lack of incentive for economic development in the country - an incentive, she says, which is stifled by high interest rates, the Anti-Inflation Board, and the Trudeau govern- ment's apparent preoccupation with the national unity question '""We've become preoccupied with issues such as unity, and we've forgotten that the country is still young and growing", she argued. She feels that at present there is too much government interference in the private sector, and a lack of confidence and trust in elected bodies. "I'm sincerely con- cerned with what seems to be a general cynicism in the country. I honestly believe that unless we bring politicians closer to the people, this cynicism will remain', she said. 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