Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s attorney, Michael Greene, has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court and is awaiting written submissions from the Justice Department by the end of the month over the possible deportation of the truck driver responsible for the crash. Humboldt Broncos.
Michael Greene said he would then have the opportunity to respond by July 22, when the case will be handed over to a Federal Court judge.
In March 2019, Mr Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 6, 2018 collision, which killed 16 people and injured 13.
The court heard the truck driver failed to obey the stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and got into the Humboldt Broncos’ coach lane. The latter was transporting players and staff to a junior hockey league playoff game.
Mr. Sidhu’s lawyer says the system is flawed. According to him, an officer from the Canada Border Services Agency reviewed the evidence and made a recommendation for Mr. Sidhu’s deportation, approved by a superior.
I think both officers have become fixated on the number of casualties, which isn’t hard to do, and it’s like basically saying that the seriousness of the offense, judging by its consequences, the outweighs all other factorsexplains Michael Greene.
” He has already received the heaviest sentence ever imposed for this type of offence. Now we want to add permanent exile. “
Michael Greene says that if there was a possibility that his client would reoffend and put the public in danger, this decision would be justified, but that is not the case.
The Canada Border Services Agency declined to comment on the case of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.
A spokeswoman for the agency said in a statement that the process involves several steps to ensure procedural fairness.
The spokeswoman added that the Canada Border Services Agency would only act on a removal order once all legal avenues of appeal have been exhausted.
With information from The Canadian Press
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