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CALGARY — A deportation hearing for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash six years ago is set for today.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu (JASS'-kihr-at SING sih-DOO') was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to causing the 2018 crash in Saskatchewan that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.

The rookie Calgary trucker, a newly married permanent resident from India, barrelled through a stop sign at a rural intersection near Tisdale, Saskatchewan, and drove into the path of the bus carrying the junior hockey team to a playoff game.

Lawyer Michael Greene says the hearing will be a short one since all that is required is to prove his client isn't a Canadian citizen and was convicted of an offence that had a maximum sentence of 10 years or more.

He says there's no doubt Sidhu will be ordered to be deported.

Greene says the next step will be to seek permanent resident status for Sidhu under humanitarian grounds.

The Canadian Press