Your timing is incorrect.

The incident that led to the current court case appeal happened May 23, 2015.  He was given a restricted licence the following August.  "an appeals committee overturned that suspension in August 2015 with conditions including that he only work between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m." There was no disciplinary or restrictive measure against him at the time of the incident.

Meanwhile, he is still innocent pending appeal. I don't see any reason for him NOT to be able to get a taxi licence at this time, if he can get someone to hire him. "In September 2015, the municipality deemed his licence to be “non-operational” because he couldn’t provide the taxi licensing office with documentation to show who he would be driving for."