The moving party father brought a motion seeking summer access to his two children in Egypt, the UAE, or the USA.
The responding party mother opposed the motion, citing a previous incident where the children disappeared for 10 days in Egypt, outstanding criminal charges against the father in Canada for alleged physical abuse, and the fact that Egypt and the UAE are not signatories to the Hague Convention.
The court dismissed the motion, finding that the father had shown disregard for the Canadian court system and the children's welfare, and that the risk of the children not being returned to Canada outweighed the benefits of the proposed international access.
