A deportation listening to for the truck driver who brought on the lethal Humboldt Broncos bus crash six years in the past has been scheduled for subsequent month.
Lawyer Michael Greene mentioned Monday the listening to for his consumer Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is to be held Could 24.
“It was an inevitability. I imply, the (immigration) minister may at all times resolve to not go forward with it, but it surely doesn’t appear to be occurring at this level anyway,” Greene mentioned in an interview.
“There’s nothing to contest. You’re convicted otherwise you’re not. All they’ve to ascertain is he’s not a citizen and that he was convicted.”
Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in jail for inflicting the 2018 crash in Saskatchewan that killed 16 folks and injured 13 others. He pleaded responsible to harmful driving fees.
The rookie Calgary trucker, a newly married everlasting resident from India, barrelled by a cease signal at a rural intersection close to Tisdale, Sask., and drove into the trail of the bus carrying the junior hockey workforce to a playoff recreation.
Sidhu was granted full parole final yr.
In December, the Federal Court docket dismissed functions from Sidhu’s lawyer, who argued Canada Border Providers officers didn’t think about Sidhu’s beforehand clear prison report and regret. He had requested for the company to be ordered to conduct a second evaluation.
Greene mentioned the deportation hearings normally solely take a couple of minutes. After that occurs, he mentioned the actual work begins.
“As soon as he ceases to be a everlasting resident then he can file an software on humanitarian grounds. Our aim is to do this pretty rapidly,” Greene mentioned.
“How lengthy it takes after that’s the nice unknown. It might be months. It might be years.”
Greene mentioned as soon as an individual is ordered deported, there may be then a pre-removal danger evaluation carried out and that normally takes a number of months. He mentioned Sidhu also can ask for a deferral whereas his request for everlasting resident standing is taken into account.
“The wheels of justice transfer slowly at occasions. It’s been enjoying out over six years now,” Greene mentioned.
“We’re cautiously optimistic. You’ll be able to’t erase the very fact of the conviction and injury performed.
“However every little thing else about him is optimistic and there’s a number of neighborhood assist, though there are some individuals who can’t and can by no means forgive.”
