From the October 29, 2012, testimony of Martin Dumont to a Canadian public inquiry into corruption charges against various Montreal city officials. Dumont was an organizer for Union Montréal, the political party of the city’s former mayor Gérald Tremblay, who resigned amid the allegations in November. Bernard Trépanier, the party’s finance director, was arrested last May. Denis Gallant is the lead prosecutor. Translated from the French by Jess Cotton.

denis gallant: To your memory, did people come to Mr. Trépanier’s office to bring donations to Union Montréal?

martin dumont: If you’re asking whether I saw monetary…