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- 9 -may have delayed commencement of the mortgage brokerage business by three or fourmonths while he conducted further due diligence. Existence of a criminal record would haveaffected Mr. Coppola’s ability to obtain a mortgage brokerage licence.[24] A Chartered Accountant, Lorne Wirth, gave expert testimony on behalf of Mr.Coppola. His evidence was that Mr. Coppola suffered estimated lost income of $494,910.00between 2002 and 2005 as a result of the termination of his employment with CapitalPontiac. This included loss of wages for the balance of 2002 and subsequent years as well asloss of the vehicle benefit and the group health. It also included rental income and a capitalgain loss on the forced sale of a rental property. His report did not take into account all of thewage severance paid, income earned from Bennett Dunlop or employment insurancereceived. The relevance of this information will be dealt with in due course in this judgment.2011 SKQB 318 (CanLII)[25] Mr. Coppola’s spouse, Cheryl Coppola, who is a psychiatric nurse, testified about theeffect which his dismissal from Capital Pontiac had on her husband in June 2002. He wentfrom being a happy and proud breadwinner to being moody and withdrawn. He madesignificant efforts to find other employment in the vehicle sales industry. He was excitedabout getting a job with Bennett Dunlop and it was another blow when it did not work out.She recalls that he again got excited about going into business with Mr. Drayton and thenbeing down again when Mr. Drayton told him about the allegation made by Mr. Stewartconcerning a missing vehicle. These ups and downs were having an effect on his family.[26] Mrs. Coppola further testified that when the allegation showed up in the originalstatement of defence and counterclaim both she and Mr. Coppola were shocked. She claimedit was devastating to her. In addition, being accused of being a criminal was very difficult for