"Hi Peter it’s Rona."

"Hang on, Stockwell and Stephen are here too. I’ll put us on speaker phone."

"Hey Stockwell, Stephen. I just heard. How are you guys holding up?"

"It was a grim, grim day Rona."

"I know. I just couldn’t believe it. Here I was in Kenya, thinking all was going right in the world and then WHAM! Something like this hits you."

"Makes you think doesn’t it?"

"I guess none of us can be complacent can we?"

"You can say that again."

"How’s the conference going?"

"Conference? How can anyone concentrate on a boring old climate change conference when such earth shattering...no, earth changing news like this hits you. This is something that will actually change things. Not in five, ten or even fifty years from now, but right now, today. It will never be the same."

"You got that right."

"So do we have a strategy for this? What are we going to do about it?"

"Well, as Prime Minister of Canada I will have to make a statement. My speechwriters are fine-tuning it now. I just hope I can do it without breaking into tears."

"You have to put up a brave front Stephen. For the good of the party. For the good of every breathing person living in North America."

"I’ll try. Who could believe that the Democrats won?"

"DEMOCRATS?"

"Of course, what were you three talking about."

"Britney Spears and Kevin Federline splitting up."

"Oh my. That is big. I hadn’t heard."