Truck driver who caused deadly Broncos crash loses latest bid to stay in Canada
A judge has dismissed applications from the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and was fighting deportation back to India.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years for causing the 2018 crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.
He was granted parole earlier this year, but the Canada Border Services Agency had recommended he be deported.
Sidhu’s lawyer argued before the Federal Court in September that border services officials didn’t consider Sidhu’s previously clean criminal record and remorse.
The lawyer asked that the agency be ordered to conduct a second review of the case.
Justice Paul Crampton rejected the request but says Sidhu can still ask for permanent resident status on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 14, 2023.
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He should have got 10 more years in jail at a prison labour camp. We have too many undertrained foreign workers in Canada including truck drivers. We need a 3 month training program for all new drivers plus must be able to read and write in English or French before driving a truck in Canada.
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I don’t think he made this accident on purpose, so this said its the Canadian government responsible for this tragic accident by allowing untrained drivers to hit the road.
The guy only tried to make a living and putting him in a Labour camp is not gonna solve the problem.
I think he is punished enough and has to live with this for the rest of his live..
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I believe he should be given a second chance. The company that bullied him is the one that should be paying. If I were 30 years younger I would offer him a job.
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If he is under trained blame who gave him the license!!! Even with the MELT system in place who is going to enforce it!!! I dont believe he woke up and said I am going to cause an accident today.
send him back in his country
Usually I am all in favour of sending criminals back to the country of origin, but in this case, he did not intentionally set out to commit a criminal act.
Whatever the underlying reasons, it resulted in a terrible crash. The pain of the families shattered by this will never go away.
He had no dealings with police, accepted responsibility for his actions. I may be wrong, but I think something can be salvaged from this incident and hopefully, he will become a good citizen.
It was an accident. Quite possibly something any of us could be involved in given the right set of circumstances.
He should be allowed to stay, with the caveat that he can only possess a Class 5 license. There were many factors in the accident. A trial would have aired these factors, but the trauma to the families would have been excruciating. He “owned” his responsibility and deserves credit for that. Many others would have blamed others and not themselves.