The applicant brought a motion to extend time to file a conviction appeal under the Provincial Offences Act following a guilty plea to two offences under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.
The applicant had previously obtained an extension of time and proceeded with an appeal, during which he abandoned his conviction appeal and proceeded only on sentence.
The court dismissed the motion on three grounds: (1) the application was statute-barred under s. 85(2) of the POA, which limits applications to one per conviction; (2) the conviction appeal had already been dismissed when the applicant abandoned it during the prior appeal hearing; and (3) the application lacked merit, with no valid reason provided for the delay and no substantive grounds for appeal.
