Terms & Conditions
Entry Period:
The Brett-Young Seeds Limited (BrettYoung) “Use DefendR, win a Defender” Contest (the “Contest”) begins at 12:00 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on September 1, 2024 and ends at 11:59 PM CT on June 30, 2025 (the “Entry Period”). BrettYoung will seek to contact the winner no later than November 15, 2025.
Eligibility:
To enter and be eligible to win, a person must (i) be a resident of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba, (ii)be the age of majority, (iii) be the owner or operator of a farm or ranch, and (iv) not be an employee of, or a sales representative for, BrettYoung or someone who is domiciled with, or a family member of, an employee or sales representative of the Sponsor. The following persons are not eligible to enter the Contest: (a) persons who, on or after September 1, 2024, were or are a director, officer, or employee of the Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective agents, advertising and promotion agencies; (b) individuals engaged in the development, production, or distribution of materials for this Contest; and/or (c) persons who are otherwise not eligible to lawfully participate in the Contest.
This Contest is void outside of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and where prohibited by law. For clarity, this Contest is void in all other Canadian provinces and Territories not listed and where prohibited.
Agreement to Official Rules and Decisions:
By participating in the Contest, each participant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules, the terms and conditions of the Official Contest Entry Form, and the decisions of the Sponsor, including, without limitation, decisions regarding eligibility of entries, the selection of entrants and winners, and the awarding of prizes, which shall be final and binding in all respects.
How To Enter:
There are two (2) ways to enter:
a. Purchase BrettYoung brand Canola Seed during the contest period. At time of purchase or prior to June 30, 2025, the Participant must either join or already be a member of BY PLUS and must have acknowledged the BY PLUS Terms and Conditions. A Participant will receive 1 entry per bag purchased, provided that a net purchase of a minimum of 16 bags is required to qualify. For example, if a person purchased 18 bags, he or she would receive 18 entries. Participants can combine multiple purchases of BrettYoung canola across one or more transactions and at more than one retailer to reach the minimum purchase requirement. Bags purchased for re-seeding at a discount do not qualify for a Participant to meet the minimum number to be purchased or toward the issuance of entries.
b. Hand-write the following on the front of a 3×5 card: full name, address (city, province, and postal code), email address, phone number, and date of birth. Insert completed postcard in a #10 envelope and mail to: BrettYoung Use DefendR, win a Defender Contest, Box 99, St. Norbert Postal Station, Winnipeg, MB, R3V 1L5.
Each envelope must be mailed individually and must contain all information listed above to be a valid entry. Limit one postcard per mailing envelope. Bulk shipments (multiple postcards per envelope) and entries generated, reproduced, or duplicated by photocopy or other mechanical, computerized, or electronic means will not be accepted and will be disqualified. Mail-in entries must be postmarked before the end of the Entry Period and received on or before July 7, 2025. Requests for confirmation of receipt of postcard entries will not be acknowledged. Entries postmarked after the end of the Entry Period or received after July 7, 2025, will be void and not included in the drawing.
Multiple entries from the same entrant are permitted based on amount of product purchased. Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, undelivered, stolen, invalid, misdirected, misplaced, damaged, altered, illegible, corrupted, unreadable, or incomplete entries, all of which will be disqualified. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by The Sponsor.
Selection of Winners/Odds:
Prize Winners: The Sponsor will randomly select 1 entrant on or before November 15, 2025 from all eligible entries received during the Entry Period to be the potential Prize Winners.
On or before November 15, 2025 the Sponsor will attempt to contact the winner using the contact information provided either as part of the Contest or to the BY PLUS sign-up system. In order to be declared a winner, selected entrants must correctly answer a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by telephone or email at a mutually convenient time.
The Sponsor shall have no liability for any potential winner notification that is not received by any potential winner for any reason. If, despite reasonable efforts, any potential winner does not respond to the first notification attempt, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and an alternate winner may be selected. If any potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines a prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. In that event, the Sponsor may successively attempt to contact a new potential winner in accordance with such procedure until the prize is awarded.
ODDS: Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
Prizes/Approximate Retail Value:
There will be 1 winner selected by random draw from all entries received during the Entry Period.
Prize List:
Grand Prize – 2024 CAN-AM Defender 4WD XT 62 HD9– Approximate Retail Value $25,909.00
The Sponsor will arrange delivery of the prize to the winner. The winner is solely responsible for any and all costs, fees, taxes, and expenses associated with prize receipt and use, including, without limitation, all federal, provincial, and local taxes on any prize. Entrant will supply all necessary tax information, as requested by the Sponsor. No prize substitution, transfer, assignment, or cash redemption by winners is allowed. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of equal or greater value.
Publicity:
By submitting an entry, each entrant grants the Sponsor, its successors and assigns, permission to use entrant’s name, testimonial/experience, likeness, voice, photographs, video, hometown, and province for promotional purposes. Any uses of the foregoing may be in any manner or media whether now or hereafter existing (including, without limitation, online), worldwide, in perpetuity, and without further payment, consideration or consent.
Release:
By entering the Contest, each entrant forever and irrevocably releases and holds harmless the Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective agents, advertising and promotion agencies, Contest partners and prize suppliers, and all of their respective employees, officers, directors, shareholders, affiliates, and agents from and against all claims, damages, or liabilities arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from (a) entrant’s participation in the Contest, or Contest-related activities or events, (b) entrant’s entry and submissions, (c) entrant’s representations and agreements in these Official Rules, and (d) entrant’s award, receipt, or use of any prize awarded in the Contest.
General Conditions:
The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest if, in the Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if viruses, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical difficulties or failures, or any other factor beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest. In such event, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to evaluate pursuant to these Official Rules all eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of suspected impairment and award prizes, or not award any prizes. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Disputes:
Entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and solely and exclusively as per Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws applicable to contests operated in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba; entrant submits to sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction to said courts for any such dispute and irrevocably waives any and all rights to object to such jurisdiction. Except as required by law, the Sponsor shall have no obligation to reveal to any third party, including without limitation to any entrant, the results of, or communications related to, the Sponsor’s internal deliberations associated with the Contest.
Miscellaneous:
The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or terminate the Contest at any time, or amend or modify these Official Rules. Should any provision of these Official Rules be held by a court to be unenforceable, such provision shall be modified by the court and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant or the Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Provinces in of Manitoba.
Privacy:
The Sponsor collects personal information from entrants when they enter the Contest. The Sponsor may use such information for administration of this Contest and as explained in its privacy policy, which is available at www.brettyoung.ca.
Limitations on Liability:
THE SPONSOR’S LIABILITY TO ANY ENTRANT FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THIS CONTEST, SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, EXCEED $50.00. Any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, and consequential damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (a) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or late, lost, stolen, undelivered, invalid, unreadable, corrupted, misplaced, unintelligible, illegible, damaged, mutilated, altered, incomplete, or misdirected entries or submissions, or entries or submissions received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer online systems, computer equipment, website, server provider, network, hardware, or software; (c) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any website or service; (d) unauthorized intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (e) printing, typographical, electronic, or human errors that may occur in the offer or administration of the Contest or the processing of entries or submissions; or (f) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant’s computer, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest, or from viewing, playing, or downloading any material from the Sponsor’s website(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by the Sponsor or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to the Sponsor’s website by a hypertext link.
Official Rules Request:
For a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to BrettYoung Use DefendR, win a Defender Contest, Official Rules Request, Box 99, St. Norbert Postal Station, Winnipeg, MB, R3V 1L5.
Winner’s List:
The winners’ name can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: BrettYoung Use DefendR, win a Defender Contest, Official Rules Request, Box 99, St. Norbert Postal Station, Winnipeg, MB, R3V 1L5. Requests must be received by December 31, 2025.
The Sponsor
Brett-Young Seeds Limited, Box 99, St. Norbert Postal Station, Winnipeg, MB, R3V 1L5.