The truck driver that ran a stop sign and crashed into the Humboldt Broncos bus and killed 16 people and injured 13 in 2018 is to be deported back to India.Jaskirat Singh Sidhu blew through the intersection on April 6, 2018 near Armley, SK, and T-boned the junior hockey players’ team bus.The deportation decision was handed down at an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Calgary on Friday. However, he will not immediately be taken into custody; first there will be a deportation risk assessment conducted and an opportunity for Sidhu to defer and file a request to have his permanent resident status returned on humanitarian grounds, per Discover Humboldt. His lawyer attorney Michael Greene noted Sidhu while undergoing this process will likely be allowed to stay in Canada if he asks for a deferral. Sidhu, who lives in Calgary and has been in Canada as a permanent resident since 2014, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges on March 22, 2019 and did not argue for a plea bargain. In January 2023 he was granted full parole after six months of day parole. Canadian law stipulates any permanent resident who is convicted of a crime that has a sentence of more than six months may not remain in the country. Greene earlier told the Canadian Press it was a “pretty open and shut case” because the law is clear about immigrant criminality. “There’s nothing to contest, so those (the rules) are as clear as day. These hearings are usually done lickety-split,” said Greene. The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) in 2022 recommended deportation, and Greene went to court to fight it, arguing CBSA officials should have considered Sidhu’s previously clean record and the remorse of his client. The application was dismissed in December, 2023, but Greene pushed for a second review. “This is part of the sadness of the whole process. We’re left with a situation where permanent residents have no rights whatsoever to have their personal circumstances considered,” Greene said.“Our only mechanism is (that) after he’s ordered deported, we’re going to ask them to give back his (permanent resident) status (based) on humanitarian grounds.“But in the meantime, he has no status.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
The truck driver that ran a stop sign and crashed into the Humboldt Broncos bus and killed 16 people and injured 13 in 2018 is to be deported back to India.Jaskirat Singh Sidhu blew through the intersection on April 6, 2018 near Armley, SK, and T-boned the junior hockey players’ team bus.The deportation decision was handed down at an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Calgary on Friday. However, he will not immediately be taken into custody; first there will be a deportation risk assessment conducted and an opportunity for Sidhu to defer and file a request to have his permanent resident status returned on humanitarian grounds, per Discover Humboldt. His lawyer attorney Michael Greene noted Sidhu while undergoing this process will likely be allowed to stay in Canada if he asks for a deferral. Sidhu, who lives in Calgary and has been in Canada as a permanent resident since 2014, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges on March 22, 2019 and did not argue for a plea bargain. In January 2023 he was granted full parole after six months of day parole. Canadian law stipulates any permanent resident who is convicted of a crime that has a sentence of more than six months may not remain in the country. Greene earlier told the Canadian Press it was a “pretty open and shut case” because the law is clear about immigrant criminality. “There’s nothing to contest, so those (the rules) are as clear as day. These hearings are usually done lickety-split,” said Greene. The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) in 2022 recommended deportation, and Greene went to court to fight it, arguing CBSA officials should have considered Sidhu’s previously clean record and the remorse of his client. The application was dismissed in December, 2023, but Greene pushed for a second review. “This is part of the sadness of the whole process. We’re left with a situation where permanent residents have no rights whatsoever to have their personal circumstances considered,” Greene said.“Our only mechanism is (that) after he’s ordered deported, we’re going to ask them to give back his (permanent resident) status (based) on humanitarian grounds.“But in the meantime, he has no status.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.