Federal court judge grants last-minute delay for driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash - BERITAJA

A national judge has granted a last-minute reprieve for the motortruck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos autobus crash, temporarily preventing his imminent deportation to India.

Lawyers for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu appeared successful Federal Court connected Friday, hoping to debar Sidhu’s deportation, which was scheduled for Monday morning.

Sidhu, a rookie Calgary trucker, drove done a extremity motion and into the way of the autobus carrying the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League squad astatine a agrarian intersection adjacent Tisdale, Sask., successful April 2018.

Sixteen group died, and 13 much were injured, sparking a nationwide outpouring of grief, condolences and tributes.

Sidhu entered blameworthy pleas to vulnerable driving offences and was sentenced to 8 years successful prison.

A criminal condemnation that carries a condemnation of much than six months makes a imperishable resident ineligible to stay successful the country.

Sidhu was granted afloat parole successful 2023.

His lawyer, Michael Greene, had asked Canada Border Services Agency to defer his deportation by 17 months until an exertion to reconstruct his client’s imperishable resident position connected humanitarian and compassionate grounds was considered.

“They said no. We challenged that successful national tribunal connected the grounds that it was unreasonable,” Greene said successful an question and reply Friday evening.

“The tribunal said we’re going to rumor a enactment until the Federal Court makes a determination connected our situation of the exertion to defer removal. We deliberation they made a bad decision, and the tribunal has said we’re going to hold for the result of that decision.”

“The judge agreed pinch our argument, which is simply a very uncommon decision, and we now person a break of respective months,” he said.

Greene said the hold could beryllium anyplace betwixt 1 and 8 months.

Sidhu has 2 children, and 1 has analyzable aesculapian issues. He has wellness issues of his ain arsenic well, said Greene, truthful this determination is welcome.

“In the galore years this has been going on, this is the first clip location has ever been a affirmative determination successful his favour.”