Federal Court to hear arguments against deportation of semi driver in Broncos crash

The semi driver involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash will have another day in court.

According to The Canadian Press, the Federal Court has agreed to allow Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s lawyer to argue against Sidhu’s possible deportation to India.

Michael Greene, Sidhu’s lawyer, told the news service that the Federal Court has decided to hear the case in July.

In 2019, Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm in the wake of the April 2018 crash.

The Broncos were on their way to an SJHL playoff game in Nipawin when their bus collided with a semi at a rural intersection near Tisdale. The semi had driven through a stop sign and into the path of the bus.

Sixteen people on the bus died and 13 others were injured.

The Canada Border Services Agency recommended last year that Sidhu should be handed over to the Immigration and Refugee Board to decide whether he should be deported.

Greene said if his argument in Federal Court is successful, the matter would be sent back to the Canada Border Services Agency for another review.

Sidhu was granted day parole for six months in July of 2022. He got full parole after following conditions set out by the Parole Board of Canada and, according to Greene, is now working in Calgary.

— With files from The Canadian Press