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You know that story about how, at his first recording session with the Beatles, producer George Martin famously asked the boys to tell him if there was anything they didn't like? And George Harrison broke the ice by deadpanning, "Well, for starters, I don't like your tie"?

That exchange came to mind when reading transcripts of some recent depositions of Ontario council members in a Wal-Mart-related lawsuit. As the plaintiffs' attorney quizzed him, Mayor Paul Leon offered a surprising remark. Read about that and more in Friday's column.