C. Hiebert

Both parents brought competing motions regarding the father's parenting time with their three children.

The mother had unilaterally suspended the father's unsupervised parenting time after allegations that he interrogated the children about the mother's activities and made inappropriate racial, religious, and gender-biased comments.

The court found some merit to the allegations based on evidence from multiple sources including a children's counsellor, supervised visit notes, and a children's aid investigation, but held that the mother was not justified in unilaterally suspending court-ordered parenting time absent immediate danger to the children.

The court restored unsupervised parenting time under the existing order, denied the mother's request for supervised access, ordered the father to enroll in the Caring Dads program, and denied make-up parenting time.

The applicant mother brought a motion for a temporary order for custody of the parties' two children, proposing limited access for the respondent father.

The mother raised concerns regarding the father's mental health and parenting style.

The court found the father's mental health was well-managed and the mother's parenting concerns were minor.

The court ordered a temporary parenting schedule that provided the father with significant overnight parenting time, noting that it was in the children's best interests to maximize time with both parents.