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· ..22Mr. Nordqvist testified that each month he would see the cheques paying Mr. Fagbile. He phonedMs. Cormier to ask about the matter at the beginning of October. He had no further discussionsabout the arrangements for Mr. Fagbile.Mr. Nordqvist testified that he saw the cheque (exhibit PI tab 59, 3rd page) payable to RevenueCanada relating to Mr. Fagbile. He acknowledged he asked no questions as to what the cheque wasabout.2010 NSSC 252 (CanLII)The cheques for Mr. Fagbile remittances referenced a Tacoma Drive location.When Ms. Cormier left, Mr. Nordqvist testified that he kept writing the cheques relating to Mr.Fagbile. He made no further inquiries as to what the arrangement was all about and kept the systemin place until Mr. Fagbile left.The first awareness that Mr. Nordqvist had that there might be a problem about the employmentarrangements with Mr. Fagbile was when they were getting ready for the first arbitration in thismatter. He had brought all ofhis documents to counsel who questioned the existence ofthe separatebusiness number that had been obtained by Ms. Cormier. At that point Mr. Nordqvist thought Ms.Cormier had started a new company and that was his first concern.Mrs. Nordqvist testified that Ms. Cormier had never advised her anything about Mr. Fagbile'semployment.ColinNordqvist testified that inDecember2005, Ms. Cormiercalled himto explainthe arrangementinvolving Mr. Fagbile. They arranged to meet and, at that time, she explained how she had set upthe separate business account and how the system worked. Colin Nordqvist thought it was strangeand he asked herifit was legal and she said it had gone through Mr. Fagbile's lawyer and it was. Hedid not report back to Mr. and Mrs. Nordqvist and simply kept everything going the way it had beenestablished. He continued to put deductions in the saine account at Revenue Canada until he got a