Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s lawyer has said there are still numerous other legal procedures to come, and the deportation process could take months or years.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s lawyer has said there are still numerous other legal procedures to come, and the deportation process could take months or years.
I still don't agree with this. What benefit to Canada by sending him back? It's not like he's going to re-offend.
His wife will be forced to abandon Canada after getting her citizenship to stay with him.
He committed a crime and he served his time. Let him resume his life. Maybe he can add something positive back to Canada however small it will be in comparison to our loss.
For most types of crimes, I'd agree. This one just doesn't make sense though, there was no intention or malice behind it. It was an accident because he wasn't paying enough attention, the particular intersection was shit for sightlines, and he lacked the education and experience to handle it.
Other immigrants are not going to look at the deportation and go "I'm going to pay more attention while driving a semi-truck in rural areas" because of the deportation rather than the 8 years in jail and massive guilt of killing people.
Ok, so when are we going to change trucking regulations to help out underpaid fatigued drivers?
I worked in the industry for ten years. A big reason I got out was being pushed by bosses to drive more and more for less and less money. This whole incident is a symptom of larger issues that I don’t think are being addressed.
I got mine in 2009. It was a 3 week course - 2 days in class, the rest driving for 2 hours each day - that cost $3000. Then they send you off on your own with a “good luck”
What’s changed since then?
It should be a trade with yearly training until you’re a journeyman.
The truck driver who caused the horrific bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was ordered Friday to be deported to India.
“I can’t consider humanitarian and compassionate factors,” Trent Cook from the immigration division of the board, who oversaw the hearing, told Mr. Sidhu.
“My sole role today is to make a finding on whether the minister has established the facts that support their allegation that you’re inadmissible for serious criminality.
His lawyer, Michael Greene, had said the decision was a foregone conclusion, as all that was required to deport Mr. Sidhu was proof he’s not a Canadian citizen and he had committed a serious crime.
In 2018, the rookie truck driver, living in Calgary, barrelled through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus at a rural intersection near Tisdale, Sask.
Mr. Greene said he plans to soon file an application asking the government to return Mr. Sidhu’s permanent-resident status on humanitarian grounds.
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