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Wild Timber proceeding: second affidavit of XCMG Canada CEO Victor Jiang (excerpts)

Affidavit (defendant's sworn evidence)Supplied copy · private research edition

Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry
Proceeding: VLC-S-S-260999
Document format: PDF · 10 pages
Date and filing status: 2026-03-23 · Affirmed by video before a commissioner in Vancouver; exhibits not included.

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XCMG Canada’s CEO swore that the company does not change or alter serial plates, that loose plates and anomalous dates came from an error at the XCMG China plant affecting about 1% of its machines, and that the March 19 Alberta OHS…

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Parties and roles

Affirmed by Shizhan (Victor) Jiang, CEO of XCMG Canada Ltd., a defendant, in the action brought by Ryan Martin, Timothy Martin, John McMaster, Wild Timber Industries Ltd., Artic Rents Ltd. and other plaintiffs against XCMG Canada Ltd., XCMG North America Corporation, XCMG America Financial LLC and other defendants.

What this document records

Para. 23: “XCMG Canada does not change or alter the serial plates on machinery imported from XCMG China.”
Para. 33: confirms Alberta OHS attended the Edmonton office and a Stony Plain storage yard on March 19, 2026; says the two stop-work orders were lifted March 20, that stop-use orders on certain machines remained for ongoing inspection, and that no final determinations had been made. He disputes calling it a “raid”.
Para. 34: “I am not aware of any open investigations or enquiries led by the RCMP, the Ontario Ministry of Labour, or WorkSafeBC against XCMG Canada,” adding that WorkSafeBC had recently asked for clarifications.
Para. 39: says dealers received loose serial plates in shipments from XCMG China; anomalous dates affected about 1% of XCMG Canada machines; notices went to Artic Machinery, JAPA Machinery Group and Ant Rentals on March 4, 2025; and XCMG China let go the employee overseeing shipments to Canada. He calls it “not a systemic fraud”.
Paras. 5–16 and 17–32: XCMG Canada’s account of service of the March 11 Mareva order and its compliance, including admitted parts orders fulfilled on March 13 and 14 “due to an inadvertent error”.

Other documents in this proceeding

D001 / Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry

Wild Timber and associated plaintiffs — notice of civil claim

Plaintiff pleading

Individuals, Wild Timber and affiliated companies allege commercial misrepresentations and serial-plate changes. The supplied claim and March 11 order belong to VLC-S-S-260999, a separate proceeding from Artic’s S-261878.

VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-02-09 · Filed/sealed initiating pleading evidenced by supplied copy; underlying claims unadjudicated here. · 32 PDF pages

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D005 / Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry

Wild Timber proceeding — entered Mareva order

Interim court order

The supplied March 11 order imposed interim asset restrictions in VLC-S-S-260999, not a merits ruling or damages award. It was extended, varied and replaced on September 4, 2026 (D010).

VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-03-11 · Entered interlocutory order evidenced by supplied signed/stamped copy. Present continuing effect and subsequent variations/discharge not independently verified. · 6 PDF pages

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D009 / Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry

Wild Timber proceeding: September 4 oral reasons of Justice Crerar

Oral reasons for judgment

Justice Crerar found enough prima facie evidence of breaches of the March 11 and March 25 orders to raise the security, ordering a further C$5 million so that C$10 million is held in total. These are interim chambers findings on a without-notice application, not a trial decision on the claims.

VLC-S-S-260999 · 2026-09-04 · Oral reasons in chambers; finalized copy distributed by the court on September 10, 2026 (see D011). · 6 PDF pages

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D014 / Alberta Occupational Health and Safety

Alberta OHS stop-use and stop-work orders at XCMG Canada sites

Regulator contact reports and orders

Alberta OHS tagged nine XCMG units at two XCMG Canada sites with stop-use orders over missing or unreadable stamped VINs and plate-year mismatches. A March 19 stop-work order at the storage yard was recorded as complied with on March 20. These are safety orders, not findings of fraud.

OHS-328257 / OHS-331802 · 2026-03-19 to 2026-03-23 · Inspections March 19 and 20; reports delivered March 20 and March 23, 2026. Scanned copy without a text layer. · 11 PDF pages

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D012 / WorkSafeBC, Prevention Services Division

WorkSafeBC inspection report: ANT Rentals XCMG XG4047DC lifts

Regulator inspection report

WorkSafeBC found that 27 XCMG XG4047DC lifts that ANT Rentals bought as 2024 units were built in 2021, and that their original serial plates had been replaced. It ordered ANT Rentals to stop supplying them. The orders are directed at ANT Rentals.

WorkSafeBC IR 202616635986A · 2026-03-17 inspection · Report delivered April 7, 2026 by email. Two orders outstanding at printing. · 6 PDF pages

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