The applicant father brought an urgent motion for the return of his three children to Ontario after the respondent mother wrongfully removed them to Pakistan in breach of existing court orders.
The court found jurisdiction under the Children's Law Reform Act (CLRA) despite the children and mother being outside Ontario and the Hague Convention not being in effect between Canada and Pakistan.
The court ordered the immediate return of the children to the father's care, granted him sole interim decision-making, and directed Ontario police to assist upon their return.
Other relief, including contempt and freezing accounts, was denied or deferred.
