Sidhu’s lawyer, Michael Greene, argued before Federal Court in September that border services officials didn’t consider Sidhu’s previously clean criminal record and remorse.
Greene asked that the agency be ordered to conduct a second review of the case and set aside the decision.
“The facts underlying Mr. Sidhu’s applications to this court were devastating for everyone involved. Many lives were lost, others were torn apart, and many hopes and dreams were shattered,” Chief Justice Paul Crampton wrote in his decision Thursday.
“Unfortunately, nothing this court decides can change much of those truly tragic consequences.”
Crampton said border officials were fair in their assessment and addressed both Sidhu’s record and an “extraordinary degree of genuine, heart-wrenching remorse.”
“The officer’s decision was appropriately justified, transparent and intelligible,” Crampton wrote. “It also reflected an internally coherent and rational chain of analysis, and meaningfully engaged with the key issues raised by Mr. Sidhu.”
He said Sidhu now faces removal to India, after spending years of hard work establishing a life with his wife in Canada.
The judge added that Sidhu can still ask for permanent resident status on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 14, 2023.
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