The closure of Canada's border to international travellers has forced an Ontario woman and her British fiancé to remain separated for months, even despite her recent cancer diagnosis.
Sarah Campbell and Jacob Taylor were planning to get married in June but had to postpone their wedding after COVID-19 hit and travel restrictions forced him to remain in the U.K.
"You can talk and talk and talk, but at some point, you really just need to hug. You just need them to be there and he can't. It's this sense of complete helplessness and like no one is listening to us," Campbell said. Later that Month, Taylor returned to the U.K. and the couple has now been separated for five months. Campbell said she does not know when she will see him next.
Campbell said she has various treatments to remove her entire thyroid scheduled until November and won’t be able to leave the country before then. Campbell said she hopes the CBSA will make an exemption for Taylor however, she has sent multiple emails to the agency, the London High Commission and her locals MP's, all of which have said there is nothing they can do to help.
Campbell said she is frustrated that NHL and MLB players will be granted exceptions but fiancés will not.
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