B. Has the plaintiff established an acceptable explanation for the delay?
[11] The plaintiff acknowledges that there have been significant delays in this case. The fact that three trial dates have been set and then adjourned is clear evidence of those delays. The plaintiff has done very little to advance this case after filing the trial record four years ago. After the matter was struck from the trial list, the plaintiff waited almost a year to bring a motion to put it back on the trial list.
[19] The plaintiff has deliberately and inexplicably delayed this action for the stated purpose of joining this action with other another action, but has failed to take appropriate steps to even determine conclusively whether any such action will be brought. For all of these reasons, I find that the plaintiff has not provided an acceptable explanation for the delay in this action.