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Refugee board orders deportation for trucker in horrific Humboldt Broncos crash (www.theglobeandmail.com)
submitted 5 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s lawyer has said there are still numerous other legal procedures to come, and the deportation process could take months or years.

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[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

I still don't agree with this. What benefit to Canada by sending him back? It's not like he's going to re-offend.

His wife will be forced to abandon Canada after getting her citizenship to stay with him.

He committed a crime and he served his time. Let him resume his life. Maybe he can add something positive back to Canada however small it will be in comparison to our loss.

[-] lautan@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

I think the argument is to deter other immigrants from committing such crimes.

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

For most types of crimes, I'd agree. This one just doesn't make sense though, there was no intention or malice behind it. It was an accident because he wasn't paying enough attention, the particular intersection was shit for sightlines, and he lacked the education and experience to handle it.

Other immigrants are not going to look at the deportation and go "I'm going to pay more attention while driving a semi-truck in rural areas" because of the deportation rather than the 8 years in jail and massive guilt of killing people.

[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

  1. There are tons of immigrant truckers here who shouldn't be on the road, so yes it wasn't intentional but it still might make people think about the situation (and potential liability) they are putting themselves in.

  2. Who gives a fuck if it benefits the country or not, there's literally no reason for us to keep a convicted criminal (of any crime) if we don't have to. The real question should be "Why should a criminal non-citizen be allowed the privilege of staying?"

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

  1. Do trucks with PR cause more accidents than citizens? Do you have a source for your accusation here, or are you just making it up?

  2. I give a fuck. Why have immigrants at all if we aren't benefitting from them. We picked him ahead of others for a reason, who's to say the person we replace him with won't be worse?

It reminds me of something I learned. A good boss doesn't fire someone for making an accidental costly mistake, the damage is done, you may as well keep the person who has learned the lesson really well because they're less likely to do it again than a new person.

[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 months ago

Is it pretty widely known that the trucking industry is taking advantage of foreign worker programs and setting low expectations (ex. shitty training, not punishing drivers for substandard practices) to increases profits.

Also, yes, he was picked ahead of others for a reason... perhaps a bad reason, or perhaps, given the current state of the economy, there was no real need for him to begin with. He's not a citizen so he has no right to stay, you've offered no compelling reasons of why he should be allowed.

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

Ok, but what are we going to do about the lack of training in the trucking industry that led to this?

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

This wasn't caused by a lack of training, though.

He sped through an intersection with an oversized stop signs at it, which featuring a flashing light, without even trying to stop. (Source)

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ok, so when are we going to change trucking regulations to help out underpaid fatigued drivers?

I worked in the industry for ten years. A big reason I got out was being pushed by bosses to drive more and more for less and less money. This whole incident is a symptom of larger issues that I don’t think are being addressed.

[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 months ago

At the end of the day it's not "the industry" driving trucks, is individual people.

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