This high-conflict family law motion concerned the respondent mother's request to travel to Pakistan with the parties' seven-year-old son without the applicant father's consent, and to compel the father to consent to the child's passport renewal.
The applicant opposed, alleging abduction risk and citing safety concerns from Canadian travel advisories.
The court dismissed the mother's motion, finding the risks to the child's safety and security, coupled with the difficulty of return from a non-Hague Convention signatory country, outweighed the travel's benefits.
The applicant's cross-motion for Office of the Children's Lawyer involvement was deemed premature.
