The applicant received a seven-month conditional sentence in 2013.
Subsequent retroactive amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act made her liable to deportation without a right of appeal due to the sentence length exceeding six months.
Unaware of her right to appeal the sentence until recently, she applied for an extension of time to file a notice of appeal.
The court applied the Menear factors and granted the extension, finding that the delay was adequately explained, the proposed appeal had merit based on unforeseen collateral immigration consequences, and denying the extension would be unjust.
