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## Form 7—Disclosure about credit contracts
subsection 17(16) of the Code
subregulation 74(3) of the Regulations
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:354.35pt; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">IMPORTANT</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:136.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">BEFORE YOU SIGN</span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14.6pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">READ THIS CONTRACT DOCUMENT so that you know exactly what contract you are entering into and what you will have to do under the contract.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14.6pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">You should also read the information statement: ‘THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED CREDIT CONTRACT’.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Fill in or cross out any blank spaces.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Get a copy of this contract document.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Do not sign</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> this contract document if there is anything you do not understand.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:3.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:192.95pt; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">THINGS YOU MUST KNOW</span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14.6pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Once you sign this contract document, you will be bound by it. However, you may end the contract before you obtain credit, or a card or other means is used to obtain goods or services for which credit is to be provided under the contract, by telling the credit provider in writing, but you will still be liable for any fees or charges already incurred.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14.6pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">You </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">do not</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> have to take out consumer credit insurance unless you want to. However, if this contract document says so, you must take out insurance over any mortgaged property that is used as security, such as a house or car.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14.6pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">If you take out insurance, the credit provider can not insist on any particular insurance company.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14.6pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">If this contract document says so, the credit provider can vary the annual percentage rate (the interest rate), the repayments and the fees and charges and can add new fees and charges without your consent.</span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p style="margin-left:18.6pt; text-indent:-18.6pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span style="width:14.6pt; text-indent:0pt; font-size:10pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">If this contract document says so, the credit provider can charge a fee if you pay out your contract early.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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