I/We do hereby constitute and appoint J.W.SMITH CUSTOMS BROKER LTD (142313678 RMo001) of 7725 KENNEDY ROAD SOUTH, UNIT B, BRAMPTON ONTARIO CANADA my true and lawful attorney to transact business on my behalf in all matters relating to customs activities that may be transacted by a customs broker licensed undertheCustomsActof Canada: 1) The import and export of goods, including but not restricted to: 2) The release of and accounting for goods, document and data preparation, payment of, and refund of, all government duties, taxes and levies in respect of imported and exported goods released or to be released, and 3) The transportation, warehousing and distribution of such goods. 4) Excise activities under the Excise Act of Canada and any tax or levies payable under the Excise Tax Act of Canada; and under Activitiessuch other legislation as may be promulgated from time to time respecting import and export of goods to and from Canada and any related taxes including all 5) matters relating to the accounting for and payment and refund of customs and excise duties, excise tax, sales tax and goods and services tax or any other like taxes or duties in respect of imported goods released or to be released under such legislation, at the Canada Customs office(s) located in ALL PORTS
A)Toobtain,sign, seal, endorse and deliver for me all bonds, entries, permits, bills of lading, bills of exchange, declarations, claims of any nature, or other means of payment or collateral security which comes into his possession and to use same, including drawbacks and claims of any nature for reimbursement of duties, taxes, leviesandthelike; B) To receive all such payments and sums of money as are now due or may hereafter become due and payable to me relative to the foregoing; and to endorse on my behalf and as my attorney and to deposit to and for his own account all such payments.
To facilitate the carrying out of such services on our behalf, I hereby authorize the customs broker to obtain and review from the Canada Border Services AgencyourCanadaBorder Services Agency importer profile.
I confirm that this Agency Agreement and Power of Attorney shall be deemed to constitute all notices and authorizations required by the Minister of Foreign Affairs andtheExport and Imports Controls Bureau in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade with respect to all matters relating but not limited to softwood lumber export issues and apparel tariff preference issues. Further I also confirm that this Agency Agreement and Power of Attorney is intended to apply and does apply to allow the customs broker to act on our behalf with respect to documentary compliance with all Federal Government programs involving the import or export of goods.
Iacknowledge that any duties, charges or other amounts paid on my behalf or to my account by my attorney or sub-agent shall be a debt due by me to my attorney or sub-agent and any refund, rebate or remission of such duties, charges or other amounts shall be the property of my attorney or sub-agent and I direct and authorize anygovernmentalagencies collecting same to deliver such rebate, refund or remission to my attorney or sub-agent.
The customs broker shall not be liable for any error in judgment or for anything it may do or neglect to do or for any damage that may result or result therefrom, or for any loss caused by the negligence of the Customs Broker or by an act of God or any other act or cause beyond the reasonable control of the Customs Broker. The Customs Broker will not be liable for the failure to provide the service as a result of the operation of the applicable laws of Canada or any other country or a change in Canada Customs policies.
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, all documents and/or information that will be provided to my aforesaid attorney by myself or on my behalf, in connection with this mandate, will be true, accurate and complete. I further grant my attorney full power and authority to appoint any other person to whom a license to transact business as a Customs has Brokerbeenissued under the Customs Act as a sub-agent to transact the aforesaid business on my behalf and to revoke any such appointment and to appoint any other person who holds such a license as a sub-agent in the place of any sub-agent whose appointment has been revoked, as he, my attorney, shall from time to time think fit.
Ihereby ratify and confirm that this Agency Agreement and Power of Attorney and all transactions hereunder shall be governed by the Standard Trading Conditions of the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers which are on the reverse side hereof and which have been read by the undersigned.
I hereby ratify and confirm and agree to ratify and confirm all that my said attorney may do by virtue hereof.
ThisAgency Agreement and Power of Attorney shall be and remain in full force and effect until due notice of its revocation shall have been given to my aforesaid attorney, in writing and subject to article 8 of the Standard Trading Conditions.
Accepted By J.W. Smith Customs Broker Ltd