Board orders deportation for trucker in horrific Humboldt Broncos crash
The truck driver who caused the horrific bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been ordered to be deported.
The decision came this morning at an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Calgary for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.
Sidhu’s lawyer has said the decision was a foregone conclusion, as all that’s required to deport Sidhu is proof that he’s not a Canadian citizen and he committed a serious crime.
Sidhu is from India and has permanent resident status in Canada.
He was granted parole after being sentenced to eight years for dangerous driving in the 2018 bus crash in Saskatchewan that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.
Sidhu’s lawyer has said there are still numerous other legal procedures to come, and the deportation process could take months or years.
This story was first published by The Canadian Press May 24
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We need better training of all new truck drivers. We need to look at the safety record of the country they come to set a proper safety record. If you have seen how people drive in certain countries like Turkey you would understand the. Culture and why they drive a certain way. I think deportation is not the solution
Many of these drivers are being pushed at very low pay rates and their work permit is locked to a certain employer. When we have tried to change things to make it better for new drivers to Canada
We have been told that the cost of transport going up would make food unaffordable. In my opinion we need a independent group to look after and protect all these people that come over on work permit and stop allowing people to go to school for 1 term as. a way to become a truck. Or Uber driver in Canada.
He’ll, I thought that dangerous driver was kicked out as soon as he was paroled! That’s trudeaus Canada. Let the criminals stay if they will vote for him! He’s destroying Canada
He did the crime now it’s time to pay