EX-31 2 section302certification.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

Section 302 Certification

EXHIBIT 31.1

SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

I, Donald M. Boone, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of

   Jewett-Cameron Trading Company Ltd.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure

   controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that

   material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated

   subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,

   particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and

   procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the

   effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of

   the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control

   over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent

   fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an

   annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to

   materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial

   reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or

   operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably

   likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process,

   summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other

   employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control

   over financial reporting.

/s/ Donald M. Boone

    Donald M. Boone

    Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

November 30, 2004

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