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Truck driver who caused Humboldt Broncos crash one step away from
deportation, lawyer says

   Bill Graveland
   | CBC News | Posted: February 6, 2026 12:33 AM | Last Updated:
   February 6

   Immigration and Refugee Board rejected request for Jaskirat
   Singh Sidhu to stay in Canada as a refugee

   Image | jaskirat sidhu

   Caption: Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded guilty to 16 counts of
   dangerous driving causing death and 13 counts of dangerous
   driving causing bodily harm. (The Canadian Press)
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   A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt
   Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being
   deported to India.
   Lawyer Michael Greene says the Immigration and Refugee Board
   has rejected a request for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to stay in
   Canada as a refugee.
   Greene says that decision means the Canada Border Services
   Agency is now under a legal obligation to remove Sidhu from
   Canada as soon as possible.
   He says he's not sure when that might be, but he plans to ask
   for a deferral.
   The board is still considering a previous application to
   restore Sidhu's permanent resident status.
   That application argues Sidhu should be allowed to stay on
   humanitarian grounds because he has a child with complex
   medical issues.
     * Semi driver who caused Humboldt Broncos crash applies for
       return of permanent resident status

   Sidhu drove through a stop sign and into the path of a bus
   carrying the junior hockey team at a rural intersection near
   Tisdale, Sask., in April 2018.
   Sixteen people died and 13 more were injured.

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