Overview
- Federal Court Justice Jocelyne Gagné granted a temporary stay Friday, pausing Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s removal to India days before a planned Monday flight.
- The stay remains in place until the court rules on a challenge to the Canada Border Services Agency decision that denied a brief deferral.
- Sidhu’s lawyers said the pause could last one to eight months, while government counsel noted the first stage of his humanitarian application often takes about 17 months.
- His legal team cited his child’s rare lung disorder and his own mental health risks as grounds for delay, claims government lawyers argued do not show an imminent suicide risk.
- He pleaded guilty in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos crash that killed 16 and injured 13, received an eight-year sentence, gained full parole in 2023, then lost permanent resident status and faced removal under rules that make those with sentences over six months inadmissible.