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After more than 20 years in public ice. MP Otto Jelinek bade a fond rewell to politics and his rogressive Conservative supporters ionday night at Le Dome restaurant. It was obvious they were reluctant see him go. As Jelinek took centre age to deliver his farewell speech, ver 200 members of the Oakville- ilton Federal Progressive aservative Association rose in a anding ovation. Casting aside his tes, Jelinek said he would "speak Em the heart." 3 After paying tribute to his wife, eata. and his secretary, Sandralee dmore. and thanking them for their pport during good times and bad, linek explained he was quitting the litical arena to spend more time ith his wife and two sons, aged five d l0. But, at 53, he was not retir- g, he said. He was simply leaving litics to take up another career, as t undisclosed. ’ Jelinek said he was "a proud Fember“ of a government that has en tough enough to make "neces- ry structured changes" in a time hen changes were essential for the wth and stability of Canada. They eluded deregulation, tax reform, tting government spending and mining the bureaucracy in Ottawa, l instituted since the PC govern- ent took office in 1984 and further l‘panded in Monday's federal bud- Mitchell. a former Oakville uncillor who also hopes to take P Otto Jelinek's place after the xt federal election, told members 'the Oakville-Milton Federal PC ssocialion gathered at LeDome esiaurant Monday night that ampbell has proven she can readi- contend with opposition. She also Campbell as a woman who ves others in gaining goals as wn in her method of legislating n control in Canada. "In a world-wide recession - and emphasize world-wide - we need- ichanges," he said. "And we did it efore other countries did." 1 Of the six senior Progressive nservative delegates who will lp choose a national leader in e, only one proclaimed backing national contender. anet Mitchell said she would “on Kim Campbell, "the lady rpm the west." , BARB JOY bkville Beaver Sum He was in no doubt that these teasures had paid off. World moni- tring agencies such as the rrnational Monetary Fund have edicted that Canada will come out ‘the recession in better shape than t, countries and initial indications on this prediction. he said. For C leadership delegates ?luctant to reveal their (oices as party leader lelinek says goodbye 0 local party faithful "ributes flow for Conservative fP now entering private life nvites you to meet the artist Para Berry Friday April 30th . p.m.-8 p.m. POSTERSIZED FRAMES Including glass, dry mounting and high quality metal frame. 26 colours to choose from. 30% High Quality imported and locally manufactured woods EACH TREE GALLERY Ilelilil x" l f _ _ V See 'Delegates' page 11) 24"x36 up to OFF CUSTOM FRAMING 3995 Jelinek called on the next PC gov- ernment to "bring us into the next generation" by building on the foun- dation set down by the current admin- istration. "My friend (Liberal Leader) Jean Chretien was in the House of Commons when Harold MacMillan was prime minister of Britain," he noted. instance, Canada's tr reached "record heights But the next generation is not in need of old faces in parliament, he said. Before his speech, Jelinek was introduced to members by a video outlining the highlights of his life and career. Born in 1940 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Jelinek was nine when his family escaped from that country after the Communists moved in. Thirteen years later, he returned to Prague to skate with his sister, Maria, in an Olympics competition, winning a gold medal for Canada. He exchanged his skating career for a political one in the early 1970s, and became an outspoken member of par- liament and cabinet minister, holding portfolios in Fitness Youth and Amateur Sport, Supply and Services and fmally National Revenue. Of all the highlights of his life in Canada - running a successful busi- ness at Jelinek Cork Ltd. in Oakville. winning a gold medal in the Olympics, being elected to the House of Commons - Jelinek pointed to one of special importance to him. "Ihe proudest moment of all was, at 15, receiving my Canadian citizen- ship," he said. 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