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DOYLE:

Really? You thought it was too bright? I thought it was rather bold ... but in a good way ... good bold. It’s a great colour on her. He wants women, Jay—that’s the new mantra, and women like ...

ROY finds the directory and punches in number.

ROY:

Come on, come on, come on ...

DOYLE:

Gotta go, Jay. Media incoming. No problem. I’ll talk to her. (switches lines) Minister McGuire’s office.

ROY:

Roy Ruggles here. Mirror.

DOYLE:

Hey, Roy! I hear you landed—

ROY:

So how’s the dark side treating you? How’s life as a glorified butler?

DOYLE:

Got a new baby and a mortgage. Works for me. What can I do for you, Roy?

ROY:

I want an interview with her.

DOYLE:

Her? Are you referring to the Minister?

ROY:

Yeah. Her. Basic profile. An hour will do. Can we do it by the canal, after Question Period?

DOYLE:

You don’t want much, do you?

ROY:

Nice picture. Peace Tower in the back.

DOYLE:

I’ll get back to you.

ROY:

I’ll be waiting by the phone, (slams down phone) Jerk.

DOYLE:

Charming as ever.

CLARE enters in a bold but stylish suit, with feather detail. She drops a pile of materials onto DOYLE’S desk, begins checking her BlackBerry.

DOYLE:

How was the tour?

CLARE:

I don’t know a gamete from a blastomere. And I look like hell in a hairnet. Other than that, it was fine. Anything I need to know?

DOYLE:

You’ve got an awards dinner at the Summerside Rec Centre next Saturday. The Mayor and the MLA will sit with you. You need to phone Canada Pension for constituent Mary Long. Chronic pain, broke her hip at work, been waiting three years for Disability. She’s a Liberal. And for QP, we’ve prepared answers on gun control, same-sex marriage and RCMP pensions. That should cover it. And here’s a press release patting ourselves on the back for passing Bill C-13, which came into law one year ago today.

CLARE:

Which is?

DOYLE:

Bill C-13, the Human Reproductive Technology Act.

CLARE:

I’ve got to get a handle on these laws.

DOYLE:

You will. (hands her the release) The Act took ten years to pass because of its controversial nature. It covers all the new repro technologies: in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, cloning, cross species, stem cell research ... The right-to-lifers call it the “Murdered Embryo Act.”

CLARE:

Right. Doyle, could you get a gardening company over to my place? It’s starting to look like a jungle.

DOYLE:

Done.