COVID-19. Schoneker, an American, lives near Everett, Wash., while North lives in New Westminster, B.C. ‘Thousands’ of Canadian cross-border families still unable to reunite The couple is pleading with the Canadian government to expand exceptions to its pandemic entry policy to include couples in committed romantic relationships.“It’s kind of like a knife in the heart.
I feel desperate. It makes me very sad that the government is taking this hard line,” North told Global News on Sunday.“It’s a huge emotional and psychological impact.
The biggest thing is the uncertainty, not knowing when we’ll really be able to see each other on a regular basis,” said Schoneker.For the time being, the couple has been limited to visiting across the ditch.