You may get owned on the Sidi shoes because it's clothing (one guy did on the road cycling forum). Look pedals probably not. Usually it's custom free stuff that you're ordering (clothes/shoes/bibs/jerseys) excepted I think. But otherwise if they DO decide to tax you on the value of the order it becomes 14% + flat rate $5 brokerage.

Out of the 6 times i've ordered stuff, only got taxed + brokerage. once. PBK ships it with minimal packaging for your items and they declare gift but declare full value of items. Maybe seperate order the Sidis and have them sent to your parents in France and the rest shipped to Toronto.

Another trick is to place several smaller orders rather than one large one at once. Reduces the likelihood of it getting slapped with the "collect tax" sticker.

Let me check the packaging from PBK to see who delivered it, it's at home.