Day 139 - 21 Jun 95 - Page 45
1 to test whether that is true or not?
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3 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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5 MR. RAMPTON: It is perfectly proper to put this on that basis,
6 is it not, Mr. Rampton?
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8 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, it is perfectly proper to ask the witness
9 to read the paragraph and to ask a question on the basis of
10 the paragraph to that effect, but no more than that.
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12 MR. MORRIS: (To the witness) Is anything in that paragraph
13 untrue?
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Have you had a chance to read it?
16 A. Yes, I have, my Lord.
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18 Q. Do you know whether that is accurate or not?
19 A. It is a complete fabrication, my Lord.
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21 MR. MORRIS: What about it is a fabrication, then?
22 A. There are no unions in Montreal, Canada, representing
23 McDonald's employees.
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25 Q. This is November 1983. So it was some period before that?
26 A. Somebody is having delusions of grandeur.
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28 Q. All right. OK.
29 A. There are no unions; there were no unions in 1983.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause a moment. When you say McDonald's
32 employees, you mean or franchisees?
33 A. Or franchisees; anyone under the Arches, my Lord.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I interrupted because I think you and Mr.
36 Morris were talking at the same time. What he was asking
37 you was: what about the situation in or since January 1983,
38 because this publication is about -- when is it?
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40 MR. MORRIS: 1983, November -- bottom right-hand corner.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: November 1983. Thank you.
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44 THE WITNESS: There were no unions in Montreal in 1983, and
45 there have never been any unions in Montreal from 1983 to
46 the present.
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48 MR. MORRIS: Or before?
49 A. Or before.
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51 Q. What is RJR McDonald's, do you know?
52 A. Apparently, the picture of somebody's imagination.
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54 Q. You do not know what that means?
55 A. Absolutely not.
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57 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, one knows that "RJR" may stand for
58 RJ Reynolds, which is a tobacco manufacturer. One sees
59 what the union was, and one wonders whether somebody has
60 not made a schoolboy error in this.
