The parties are of limited means, including having limited access to economical and reliable transportation. Travel is a rather complicated aspect of the dispute between them. In a August 6, 2014 consent order the mother accommodated the father by agreeing to do the driving unless the father obtained access to a vehicle. It is suggested that he has taken advantage of that goodwill by making no effort to secure a car. I suspect this issue might be addressed in the main proceeding. However, with respect to the motion before me, it is not significant factor. The mother has said she will make the travel work for the child regardless of which school I choose. More importantly, the sole consideration in this analysis is the best interest of the child, and not the best interests of the parents: see Gordon v. Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27 at para. 49(6). That principle is echoed in the March 4, 2014 consent order where, at paragraph 2(i), they agreed that the child’s needs will be paramount and trump their own convenience, needs, and interests. (e) Quality of the Respective Schools
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