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- 10 -her husband who took pride in his work. His outlook improved when Mr. Drayton decided tocontinue pursuing the mortgage brokerage business with him. She used her own psychiatricnursing skills as much as she could to assist Mr. Coppola to overcome the effects of thesefalse accusations.Evidence on behalf of the Defendant2011 SKQB 318 (CanLII)[27] Mr. Axelson testified that he hired Mr. Coppola in 2000 because he was eloquent andhe would fit well in his organization as a strong sales person. His first position was as FleetManager which involved sales to rental agencies, the government and large businesses. Thiswas not a management position in the sense that he supervised any other employees. Heacknowledged that Mr. Coppola was proficient in arranging financing for customers andbecame one of three Finance Managers working for him in July of 2001 after another of hisFinance Managers became ill.[28] When it was inquired of Mr. Axelson why he decided to terminate Mr. Coppola inJune of 2002, he stated that it was a business decision that he made on his own just like anyother, either to generate more income or to reduce business expense. He said that in this case,he made the decision to go back to two Business Managers from three. He took intoconsideration that the two Business Managers who had been with him longer than Mr.Coppola were loyal employees and on that basis decided to let Mr. Coppola go.[29] Mr. Axelson testified that in making the decision to keep the other Business Managershe also took into account that a few weeks earlier he had offered Mr. Coppola a position as aTeam Leader in charge of three or four sales people at the Percival Ford dealership that he