Federal judge upholds deportation order against trucker in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

A federal judge has dismissed a bid to avoid deportation by the semi-truck driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy in 2018.

A federal judge has dismissed a bid to avoid deportation by the semi-truck driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy in 2018.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was handed an eight-year sentence in 2019 after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the Saskatchewan crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others. He was new to truck driving and had been on the job less than a month before the tragedy.

In a federal court ruling released on Thursday, a judge denied Sidhu's request to set aside a March 2022 Canada Border Services Agency decision calling for his deportation.

Sidhu is a permanent resident, and under federal law, can be subject to deportation in the instance of a serious criminal offence. He was granted parole earlier this year.

Toby Boulet, who lost his son Logan in the crash, says at this point he wants to see Sidhu deported.

"We don't want him to sit in jail for 75 years. I don't think that's fair. Our son passed, 15 others passed 13 lives have been destroyed for the rest of their life. Their loved ones, their friends, the billets ... they're all just destroyed," Boulet said.

"We just want him to go away. We think that will make our lives better as we move forward."