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Terms of Use

Last updated: October 30, 2021

These Terms of Use set out the terms and conditions under which individuals may use the website and access the services offered by mamaraderie ("mamaraderie"). You agree to these terms of use when you browse our site and use our services. You will waive certain legal rights, including the right to sue or claim compensation in certain circumstances. These Terms of Use comprise a legal agreement between mamaraderie and you, the person accessing and using the website ("You" or "User"). mamaraderie owns, operates and maintains the mamaraderie website at mamaraderie.ca, referred to as the "Site". By accessing and/or using the Site, you are deemed to have read these Terms of Use and you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use which shall govern your access and use of the Site and all applicable laws and regulations. 

READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF USE SET OUT BELOW, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE AND SHOULD NOT PROCEED ANY FURTHER.

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) set forth the terms and conditions under which individuals residing in Canada may use the mamaraderie.ca Site and/or the mamaraderie.ca Services (described below). 

  • Please read these Terms before using the Site or the Services. By using the Site or the Services, you hereby represent, warrant, understand, agree to and accept these Terms in their entirety whether or not you register as a user of the Site or Services (“Registered Users”).

  • These Terms incorporate by reference the mamaraderie.ca Privacy Policy and all other policies, rules and terms and conditions as set forth in Service materials, either in print or on our Site (collectively, the “Policies”). If you object to anything in these Terms, the Privacy Policy or the other Policies do not use the Site or the Services.

  • These Terms, including the Privacy Policy and the other Policies, are subject to change by mamaraderie.ca at any time. We will notify you about significant changes in these Terms by sending a notice to the email address registered in your account, or by placing a prominent notice on our Site, so that you can choose whether to continue using our Services. Significant changes will go into effect no less than 30 days after we notify you. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately upon posting of the updated terms on our Site. Residents in all Provinces should periodically check mamaraderie.ca for updates. Your continued use of the Site or the Services after the effective date of any change will constitute acceptance by you of such change.

For purposes of these Terms, the “Site” shall mean the mamaraderie.ca web site and any Canadian affiliated websites, web pages, mobile applications and mobile websites operated by mamaraderie, a corporation incorporated in Ontario (“mamaraderie.ca”). The “Services” shall mean any of the various services that mamaraderie.ca provides through the Site or any other channels, including over the telephone.

  • DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES; LIMITATIONS; USER RESPONSIBILITIES

  • ELIGIBILITY TO USE THE SITE AND SERVICES; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  • RULES FOR USER CONDUCT AND USE OF SERVICES

  • VERIFICATION CHECKS

  • TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

  • PRIVACY

  • LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES

  • PAYMENT AND REFUND POLICY FOR USERS

  • RELEASE OF LIABILITY FOR USER CONDUCT AND DISPUTES

  • AGE RESTRICTIONS

  • DISCLAIMERS; LIMITATIONS; WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION

  • JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW

  • MISCELLANEOUS

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

  1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES; LIMITATIONS; USER RESPONSIBILITIES 

1.1. About Our Services 

mamaraderie.ca’s mission is to create an online community where moms can connect for friendship and find mom-owned business listings. We deliver on this mission by providing an online venue where moms (Users) can create a “Meet Momrades” listing to elicit mom friends and access listings to connect with other moms for friendship and support local mom-owned businesses.

The services mamaraderie.ca offers include, among others:

  • We enable moms to create listings in order to connect with other moms for friendship

  • We provide search tools to help Users find mom friends and mom-owned businesses by location  

  • We enable moms to connect through a private messaging platform without sharing personal identification or contact information 

  • We provide a payment portal which allows Users to pay for products and services listed in the mom-owned business category   

Our Services continue to grow and change. Please refer to our Site for further information about the Services we provide. 

1.2. Limitations of Our Services 

We offer an online forum that among other things enables moms to post listings and interact with Users.

However, mamaraderie. is not a party to any agreements entered into between Users, nor is mamaraderie an agency, employer, placement company or insurer. mamaraderie has no control over the conduct of users of the Services, and disclaims all liability in this regard to the maximum extent permitted by law. We do not provide referral services. We do not charge Users a fee, a commission or other compensation based on a decision to, or not to, enter into an employment or independent contractor arrangement. 

Except as described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy, we do not verify, review, evaluate, interview, screen, vet or perform background checks on Users nor do we verify any content posted to the Site by a  User or others. 

We are not a party to any agreement between Users. Users are the potential employers of Service Providers and are responsible for compliance with all applicable employment and other laws in connection with any employment relationship they establish (such as applicable employment standards legislation (including minimum wage laws), occupational health and safety legislation, and worker’s compensation insurance or benefit programs). 

There are risks, including but not limited to risk of physical harm, when you deal with someone you connect with through our Site. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other persons with whom you come in contact through the Site. 

We provide no assurance or representation (express or implied) regarding the quality, timing, or legality of the services actually delivered by Users, Business Owners and Service Providers or the integrity, responsibility or actions of Users or Service Providers. We do not refer or recommend either Users or Service Providers nor do we make any representations about the suitability, reliability, timeliness, and accuracy of the services provided by Users, Business Owners and Service Providers or the integrity, responsibility or actions of Users or Service Providers whether in public, private or offline interactions. 

User and Service Provider content is primarily user generated, and we do not control or vet user generated content for accuracy as a general matter. mamaraderie.ca does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any information provided by Service Providers or Users on or off this Site. 

mamaraderie.ca is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Site or the Services. Moreover, mamaraderie.ca does not assume and expressly disclaims any liability that may result from the use of information provided on our Site. All users, including both Users and Service Providers, do hereby expressly agree not to hold mamaraderie.ca (or mamaraderie.ca’s officers, directors, investors, subsidiaries, agents, assignees, representatives, advertisers, marketing partners, licensors, independent contractors, recruiters, corporate partners, resellers, or employees, hereinafter “Affiliates”) liable for the actions or inactions of any User or Service Provider or for any information, instruction, advice with originated or services that were arranged through the Site, and, to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, mamaraderie.ca and its Affiliates expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any damage, suits, claims, and/or controversies that have arisen or may arise, whether known or unknown therefrom. 

PLEASE REVIEW THE DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY PROVISIONS BELOW. 

1.3. User Responsibilities 

You are solely responsible for interviewing, performing reference checks on, verifying information provided by, and selecting an appropriate User or Service Provider. 

Subject to applicable law, we may, at our option, conduct limited screening of a User, Business Owner or Service Provider through verification checks, as further described in section 4. Do not rely on this limited screening as complete, accurate, up-to-date or conclusive of the individual’s or entity’s suitability as an employer or service provider. 

Each User is also responsible for complying with all applicable employment, non-discrimination and other laws in connection with any employment relationship they establish, including verifying the age of the User, Business Owner or Service Provider they select is 18 years of age or older as well as the Service Provider’s eligibility to work in Canada.

2. ELIGIBILITY TO USE THE SITE AND SERVICES; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 

To be eligible to use our Services, you must meet the following criteria:

  • You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older and have the capacity to form legally binding contracts under applicable law. If you are not eighteen (18) years of age or older do not register to use the Site or Services.

  • You must reside in a postal code region in which mamaraderie.ca currently offers the Services.

  • If you are a User, you must be a citizen or legal resident of Canada or hold a valid Canadian visa.

  • If you are a Service Provider, you must be a citizen or legal resident of Canada or hold a valid Canadian visa entitling you to work in Canada. IF YOU ARE A SERVICE PROVIDER AND NOT LEGALLY ENTITLED TO WORK IN CANADA DO NOT REGISTER TO USE THE SITE OR SERVICES.

  • You must not be, or work for, a competitor of mamaraderie.ca or using our Services for reasons that are in competition with mamaraderie.ca.

By requesting to use, registering to use and/or using the Site or the Services, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into these Terms and you commit to abide by all of the terms and conditions hereof. 

Because of the type of services, the setting of the services and the nature of the relationship between Users, you represent and warrant that you (i) have never been the subject of a complaint, restraining order or any other legal action involving, arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any criminal offense involving violence, abuse, neglect, theft or fraud, or any offense that involves endangering the safety of others, dishonesty, negligence or drugs, and (ii) are not nor have ever been registered, and are not currently required to register, as a sex offender with any government entity. 

By using our Services, you agree that we may request verification checks using your Personal Information, in accordance with our Data Policy. We do this to verify the information you provide us (such as your name, address, email address, etc.), the representations and warranties you make in the Terms and on the Site (such as representations regarding your criminal background), and your suitability for mamaraderie.ca. The results of these verification checks are made available to mamaraderie.ca. 

We may use third party service providers to perform these verification checks. Our third party service providers may conduct verification checks against a variety of materials which, subject to applicable law, may include but not be limited to media streams, terrorist watch lists, criminal and fugitive watch lists, fraud watch lists, law enforcement reports, criminal databases, sex offender registries and other data to perform these verification checks.

3. RULES FOR USER CONDUCT AND USE OF SERVICES 

3.1. Registration, Posting, and Content Restrictions 

The following rules pertain to User Content, defined as any communications, images, sounds, videos, and all the material, data, and information that you upload or transmit through mamaraderie.ca's Services, or that other users upload or transmit, including without limitation any content, messages, photos, audios, videos, reviews or profiles (collectively, “Content”) that you publish or display (hereinafter, “post”). By transmitting and submitting any User Content while using our Service, you agree, represent and warrant as follows: 

  • You are responsible for providing accurate, current and complete information in connection with your registration for use of the Site and the Services.

  • You will register your account in your own legal name, even if you are seeking services for another individual or family member.

  • You are solely responsible for any content, messages, photos, videos, reviews, listings or profiles (collectively, “Content”) that you publish or display (hereinafter, “post”) on the Site, or transmit to other users of the Site. You will not post on the Site, or transmit to other users, any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, defamatory, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party’s rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity), or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse, or give the impression that any User Content emanates from mamaraderie.ca where this is not the case. You will not provide inaccurate, misleading, defamatory or false information to mamaraderie.ca or to any other user of the Site, and all opinions stated as part of User Content must be genuinely held. Without limiting the foregoing, you represent and warrant to us that you have the right and authority to post all information you post about yourself or others.

  • You understand and agree that mamaraderie.ca may, in its sole discretion, review and delete any Content, in each case in whole or in part, that in the sole judgment of mamaraderie.ca violates this Agreement or which mamaraderie.ca determines in its sole discretion might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, threaten the safety of users of the Site, or otherwise violate these Terms or community standards.

  • You have the right, and hereby grant to mamaraderie.ca, its Affiliates, licensees and successors, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, reproduce, adapt, modify and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You further represent and warrant that public posting and use of your Content by mamaraderie.ca will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

  • Your use of the Service, including but not limited to the Content you post on the Service, must be in accordance with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

  • mamaraderie.ca is not responsible for any claims relating to any inaccurate, untimely or incomplete information provided by users of the Site.

You agree that mamaraderie.ca is not required to moderate, verify or remove any reviews or other information posted on the Site about you or any other person or entity. You may not terminate your registration and re-register in order to prevent a review from being associated with your account. 

Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available on the Site or through the Service, but not directly by mamaraderie.ca, are those of their respective authors. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. mamaraderie.ca does not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Site or available through the Service, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party that appears on the Site or through the Service. Under no circumstances will mamaraderie.ca or its Affiliates be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from: a) your reliance on information or other content posted on the Site or transmitted to or by any user of the Site or Service; or b) reviews or comments made about you on the Site by other users. 

MAMARADERIE.CA DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY STATEMENT, REVIEW OR REPRESENTATION MADE BY A USER OF THIS SITE. YOU MAY NOT ATTRIBUTE ANY STATEMENT, REVIEW OR REPRESENTATION TO MAMARADERIE.CA OR ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, SERVICE PROVIDER OR AGENT OF MAMARADERIE.CA. 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MAMARADERIE.CA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY MISSTATEMENTS AND/OR MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY ANY USERS OF THE SITE. 

YOU HEREBY REPRESENT, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO HOLD MAMARADERIE.CA HARMLESS FOR ANY MISSTATEMENTS AND/OR MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY YOU ON THIS SITE OR IN ANY OTHER VENUE. 

3.2. Exclusive Use 

Your account is for your sole, personal use. You are responsible for all activity on and use of your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. 

3.3. Prohibited Uses 

By using the Site or Services of mamaraderie.ca, you agree that you will not under any circumstances:

  • use the Site, Services, or any information contained therein in any way that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory, libellous, or racially, sexually, religiously, or otherwise objectionable and offensive;

  • use the Services for any unlawful purpose or for the promotion of illegal activities;

  • attempt to, or harass, abuse or harm another person or group;

  • use another user’s mamaraderie.ca account without permission;

  • provide false or inaccurate information when registering an account on mamaraderie.ca, using our Services or communicating with other Registered Users;

  • attempt to re-register with mamaraderie.ca if we have terminated your account for any or no reason;

  • interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of mamaraderie.ca’s Services;

  • make any automated use of the system, or take any action that we deem to impose or to potentially impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our servers or network infrastructure;

  • bypass any robot exclusion headers or other measures we take to restrict access to the Service or use any software, technology, or device to scrape, spider, or crawl the Service or harvest or manipulate data;

  • use the communication systems provided by or contacts made on mamaraderie.ca for any commercial solicitation purposes; or

  • publish or link to malicious content intended to damage or disrupt another user’s browser or computer.

In order to protect our users from prohibited activity, we reserve the right to take appropriate actions, including but not limited to restricting the number of emails which a user may send to other users in any 24-hour period to a number which we deem appropriate in our sole discretion. 

Should mamaraderie.ca find that you violated the terms of this Section or any terms stated herein, mamaraderie.ca reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to immediately terminate your use of the Site and Services. 

Further, in order to protect the integrity of the Site and the Services, mamaraderie.ca reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block users from certain IP addresses from accessing the Site.

4. VERIFICATION CHECKS 

4.1 Consent to run verification checks 

YOU AGREE TO ALLOW MAMARADERIE.CA TO PERFORM VERIFICATION CHECKS. 

We may use third party service providers to perform verification checks. If we perform verification checks, we perform them to verify the information you provide us (such as your name, address, email address, etc.), the representations and warranties you make in the Terms and on the Site (such as representations regarding your criminal background), and your suitability for mamaraderie.ca. The results of these verification checks are made available to mamaraderie.ca. 

The results of any verification checks on you may impact your ability to access and use the Services. You are not eligible to register with mamaraderie.ca if any of your verification checks results indicate that you have falsified your legal name, address or date of birth, or indicate any background information that, in our sole discretion and subject to applicable law, disqualifies you from using our Site or Services given the type of services, the setting of the services, and the nature of the relationship between Service Provider and User. 

IF YOU DO NOT WANT VERIFICATION CHECKS TO BE PERFORMED, YOU SHOULD NOT USE MAMARADERIE.CA.

4.2. Release of Liability for Results of Verification Checks 

Although mamaraderie.ca may perform verification checks, it has no obligation to do so. To the extent mamaraderie.ca performs such checks on certain Registered Users, the checks are limited and should not be taken as complete, accurate, up-to-date or conclusive of accuracy of any of the information those users have provided or of their eligibility to use the Services. 

Furthermore, verification checks are performed by separate third party verification services. mamaraderie.ca does not have control over or assume, and expressly disclaims, any responsibility for the quality, accuracy, or reliability of, and any liability that may result from the use of, or reliance on, the information such third party services provide.

5. TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION 

Should mamaraderie.ca determine that you are not eligible to use the Services, have violated any terms stated herein or in any of the Policies, are not suitable for participation as a Registered User, or have misused or misappropriated Site content, including but not limited to, use on a “mirrored”, competitive, or third party site, mamaraderie.ca reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to immediately terminate your access to all or part of the mamaraderie.ca Site, to remove your profile and/or any content posted by or about you, from the Site, and/or to terminate your registration in mamaraderie.ca, with or without notice. 

mamaraderie.ca also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of the mamaraderie.ca Site, to remove your profile and/or any content posted by or about you, from the Site, and/or to terminate your registration in mamaraderie.ca, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice. If we terminate your registration, we have no obligation to notify you of the reason, if any, for your termination. 

Following any termination of any individual’s use of the Site or the Services, mamaraderie.ca reserves the right, subject to applicable privacy laws, to send a notice thereof to other Registered Users with whom we believe the individual has corresponded.

5.1 Deleting Your Account

You may delete your mamaraderie.ca account from within your Account Details. If you have at least one active, paid subscription associated with your account, all such subscriptions must be cancelled before you can delete your account.  Deleted accounts cannot be recovered.

When your account is deleted, your profile will no longer be visible to other members.  Content created or provided by you may not be deleted immediately upon your request in the following situations:

  • where other members have made copies of your content;
  • where we maintain anonymized data for historical reporting and statistical purposes;
  • where content is included in chat history or product/service reviews, in which case it will instead be anonymized;
  • where data exists in backups and disaster recovery systems;
  • where we are legally obligated to retain data, including, but not limited to, for accounting and tax purposes or to comply with a request of a judicial or administrative authority, law enforcement or a government agency;
  • where the content is or may be part of an investigation into illegal activity or a violation of these Terms of Use;

6. PRIVACY 

mamaraderie.ca will only use the information you provide on the Site or via other channels in accordance with our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein.

7. LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES 

Links from the Site to external sites (including external sites that are framed by mamaraderie.ca) or inclusion of advertisements do not constitute an endorsement by mamaraderie.ca of such sites or the content, products, advertising and other materials presented on such sites or of the products and services that are the subject of such advertisements, but are for users’ reference and convenience. 

Users further acknowledge that use of any site controlled, owned or operated by third parties is governed by the terms and conditions of use for those sites, and not by mamaraderie.ca’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. mamaraderie.ca expressly disclaims any liability derived from the use and/or viewing of links that may appear on this Site. All users hereby agree to hold mamaraderie.ca harmless from any liability that may result from the use of links that may appear on the Site.

8. PAYMENT AND REFUND POLICY 

mamaraderie.ca does not have access to any credit card or banking information provided by Users.

8.1 Subscription Payment  

The price paid by you for the use of the Service is dependent upon the subscription that you choose. The subscriptions and associated prices are available on the Website. Click here for an overview of the subscriptions and prices. 

mamaraderie.ca has the right to alter the prices charged with a notice period of at least three months. Should you not be in agreement with the change in price, you have the right to cease using the Service and remove your Profile on the date upon which the change in price takes effect.

Payment takes place in the manner described on the Website. In the case that payment is not made in a timely manner, mamaraderie.ca reserves the right to immediately terminate the agreement or to block or to restrict access to the Service until the moment at which you have complied with your (payment) obligations, including any costs and interest.

Complaints with regard to invoices and/or the Service do not affect your obligation to pay.

8.2 Refund Policy 

Users can request a refund by emailing info@mamaraderie.ca with the subscription details. Refunds are issued at our sole discretion on an individual basis unless otherwise stipulated by law.  Processing fees may be deducted from refunded amounts. Eligible users will receive a refund using the payment method we have on file within 30 days of contacting us with their request. 

9. RELEASE OF LIABILITY FOR USER CONDUCT AND DISPUTES 

We are not an employer of Users, Business Owners, or Service Providers nor are we an employment agency or a recruitment agency for any Users, Business Owners or Service Providers. Users may seek the services of a Business Providers or Service Provider through the use of the Site or Services, and Business Owners and Service Providers may post profiles to promote their products or services. However, any agreement between a User and Business Owner or Service Provider regarding the provision of services or products is solely between the User and the Business Owner or Service Provider; mamaraderie.ca is not a party to any such agreement. Any issues concerning the conduct of a User, Business Owner or Service Provider including, without limitation, the products or services received by the Business Owner or Service Provider or payment due to the Business Owner or Service Provider, must be resolved directly by the User and the Business Owner or Service Provider. mamaraderie.ca will not be held responsible and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any claims, demands or damages direct or indirect of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such issues. By using this Site or our Services, you do hereby represent, understand, and expressly agree to indemnify and hold mamaraderie.ca harmless for any claim or controversy that may arise from any disputes between you and any other user(s) of the Site. mamaraderie.ca will use its reasonable efforts to monitor Business Owners, Service Providers and User profiles, comments, and general usage of the Site and suspend privileges to any User, Business Owner or Service Provider not adhering to the Policies. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other users of the Site or the Services, particularly if you decide to meet offline or in person. By using the Site or the Services, you do hereby agree to report any alleged improprieties of any users therein to mamaraderie.ca immediately by notifying mamaraderie.ca of the same via electronic correspondence.

10. AGE RESTRICTIONS 

mamaraderie.ca is intended for people 18 or over. Users, Business Owners and Service Providers should monitor children’s use of the Internet and deny access to the Site to anyone under the age of 18. mamaraderie.ca will not knowingly collect any information from individuals under 18 and we do not assume any responsibility for any misrepresentations regarding your age when using this Site. Should we determine that you are under the age of 18, your registration will be terminated immediately.

11. DISCLAIMERS; LIMITATIONS; WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION 

11.1 No Warranty 

If Quebec law applies to these terms, there are no warranties provided and no liability to you other than those warranties that are required to be provided and those liabilities that may not be disclaimed pursuant to the provisions Civil Code of Quebec. 

The information and materials contained on the Site, including text, graphics, information, links or other items are provided “as is”, “as available”. Further, opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Services, but not directly by mamaraderie.ca, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MAMARADERIE.CA DOES NOT: (1) WARRANT THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS INFORMATION AND MATERIALS; (2) ADOPT, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN MAMARADERIE.CA; (3) WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE, FREE FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES, UNINTERRUPTED, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED; OR (4) GIVE ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MAMARADERIE.CA EXPRESSLY excludes all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity and DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THIS INFORMATION AND MATERIALS. 

IN ADDITION AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, MAMARADERIE.CA MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OF ANY REGISTERED USER OF OUR SITE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS A SERVICE PROVIDER OR TO EMPLOY THE SERVICES OF A SERVICE PROVIDER.

11.2. Assumption of Risk 

YOU FREELY ACCEPT AND FULLY ASSUME ALL SUCH RISKS AND DANGERS when using the Site and the Services, including but not limited to all of the risks associated with any online or offline interactions with Registered Users of the Site or the Services. You agree to take all necessary precautions when interacting with other Site Visitors or Registered Users. 

11.3. Limitation of Liability 

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes, or will be deemed to limit or exclude, mamaraderie.ca’s liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by mamaraderie.ca’s negligence or liability that may not otherwise be limited or excluded by law, such as in Quebec. 

IN ALL OTHER CASES: 

Incidental Damages and Aggregate Liability. In no event will mamaraderie.ca be liable for any indirect or consequential damages, losses or expenses arising out of or relating to the use or inability to use the Site or Services, including without limitation damages related to any information received from the Site or Services, removal of content from the Site, including profile information, any email distributed to any user or any linked web site or use thereof or inability to use by any party, or in connection with any ability to access the Site or Services, failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or line or system failure, even if mamaraderie.ca, or representatives thereof, are advised of the possibility of such damages, losses or expenses. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL MAMARADERIE.CA’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY, IN ANY FORM OF ACTION WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE SITE.

No Liability for non-mamaraderie.ca Actions. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL MAMARADERIE.CA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT AND/OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, BODILY INJURY (EXCEPT IN QUEBEC TO THE EXTENT THE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN QUEBEC), EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANYONE’S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE SITE, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY USERS OR ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER REGISTERED USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE. THIS INCLUDES ANY CLAIMS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE CONDUCT OF USERS WHO HAVE REGISTERED UNDER FALSE PRETENCES OR WHO ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD OR HARM YOU. 

In addition to the preceding paragraphs of this section and other provisions of these Terms, any advice that may be posted on the Site is for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional financial, medical, legal, or other advice. mamaraderie.ca makes no representations or warranties and expressly disclaims any and all liability concerning any treatment, action by, or effect on any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Site. If you have specific concerns or a situation arises in which you require professional or medical advice, you should consult with an appropriately trained and qualified specialist. 

11.4. Indemnification 

By agreeing to the terms of this Terms of Use, users of the Site and Services agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless mamaraderie.ca and its officers, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers, agents, service providers and employees from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses or demands of liability, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by mamaraderie.ca and its Affiliates in connection with any claim by a third party (including an intellectual property claim) arising out of (i) materials and content you submit, post or transmit through the Site, or (ii) use of the Site or Services by you in violation of these Terms of Use or in violation of any applicable law. Users further agree that they will cooperate as reasonably required in the defence of such claims. mamaraderie.ca and its Affiliates reserve the right, at their own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by users, and users shall not, in any event, settle any claim or matter without the written consent of mamaraderie.ca. Users further agree to hold harmless mamaraderie.ca and its Affiliates from any claim arising from a third party’s use of information or materials of any kind that users post to the Site.

12. JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW 

If you are a USER OR A SERVICE PROVIDER NOT RESIDENT IN QUEBEC: Any dispute arising out of the Site and/or the Services shall be governed, subject to applicable consumer protection laws of the province or territory where you reside, by the laws of the Province of Ontario, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Subject to applicable consumer protection laws of the province or territory where you reside, you expressly agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of Ontario, for the resolution of any such dispute. 

IF THE SERVICES ARE OFFERED IN QUEBEC AND YOU ARE A USER OR A SERVICE PROVIDER RESIDENT IN QUEBEC: Any dispute arising out of the Site and/or the Services shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and you expressly agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of Quebec, for the resolution of any such dispute. 

IN ALL OTHER CASES: Any dispute arising out of the Site and/or the Services shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and you expressly agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of Ontario, for the resolution of any such dispute.

13. MISCELLANEOUS 

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as making either party the partner, joint venturer, agent, legal representative, employer, contractor or employee of the other. Neither party shall have, or hold itself out to any third party as having any authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or to take any action, that shall be binding on the other, except as provided for herein or authorized in writing by the party to be bound. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any term or provision of these Terms shall in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other term or provision of these Terms. This Agreement will be binding on and will inure to the benefit of the legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

14. CONTACT INFORMATION 

If you have any questions or need further information as to the Site or Services provided by mamaraderie.ca, or need to notify mamaraderie.ca as to any matters relating to the Site or Services please contact mamaraderie at info@mamaraderie.ca 

Mamaraderie Inc.

PO BOX 90035

1000 Golf Links Rd.

Ancaster, On L9K3K0

Canada