Lindsey Lawrence @LindseyRLaw

#IRCCMENTALCRISIS All this (extra) heartbreak because of the incompetence of IRCC processing within the promised service standard. Not to mention the 7+ months of waiting before. #IRCCignored #IRCCMISSING @marcomendicino @CitImmCanada

Zoom is not a replacement for being with my fiancé Zoom is not a replacement for being with my fiancé Zoom is not a replacement for being with my fiancé Zoom is not a replacement for being with my fiancé Zoom is not a replacement for being with my fiancé #LoveIsNotTourism

@PattyHajdu Since March, 7000+ of us have been asking to do just that: stay at home with our family. You need to announce border exemptions to allow bi-national couples to reunite and fight together. NHL Players are complaining after 6wks in the bubble, imagine half a year. #TimeToReunite

If the IRCC can do this, then they NEED to announce exemptions for partners and adult children of Canadians THIS WEEK. There is no excuse anymore. We’re counting on you. #TimeToReunite @marcomendicino @cljenks @ORadchenko

Steven Meurrens @smeurrens

4 years ago

If the IRCC can do this, then they NEED to announce exemptions for partners and adult children of Canadians THIS WEEK. There is no excuse anymore. We’re counting on you. #TimeToReunite @marcomendicino @cljenks @ORadchenko

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We waited patiently in March, April, May... June we were both elated and crushed that an exemption happened but didn’t include committed partners or adult children of Canadians. July, August, and Sept we have fought. How much longer? #TimesUp #LoveIsNotTourism #TimeToReunite

Imagine it being 2020 and your "progressive" government says get married or get nothing. #LoveIsNotTourism #cdnpoli 🇨🇦 - @telfordk @DeputyPM_Canada @AndreeLyne_H @MarciSurkes @wesleyryanboyd @ZitaAstravas @KazimHabib @Cole_Davidson @SabinaSaini @Paisley1399 @cljenks

I can barely breathe today because of the stress yet I have to appear fine because I am at work. Today is the day @BillBlair @PattyHajdu @marcomendicino our deadline has arrived. When during the day can we expect the exemptions? #TimeToReunite #LoveIsNotTourism

Please please please let today be the day that they announce exemptions for unmarried committed couples and adult children of Canadians. @BillBlair I’m not sure how much fight I have left in me!

Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon MD MPH CCFP @FacesofAdvocacy

4 years ago

Please please please let today be the day that they announce exemptions for unmarried committed couples and adult children of Canadians. @BillBlair I’m not sure how much fight I have left in me!

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It’s September 21st. We are expecting a date for exemptions to be released today. We have support from all major parties. Please don’t let us down. #TimeToReunite @BillBlair @marcomendicino @PattyHajdu @cljenks @mehalang @tahiyabakht @ORadchenko @olivier27 @michaelajones2

Multiple border town mayors said they expected exemptions to happen within this week/last week. When will Bill Blair announce it? Families and couples are suffering from being separated for 6+ months indefinitely! #TimeToReunite @drewdilkens @mayorofsarnia

After the first June 8th exemptions, I conducted a survey of 1,200 separated family members. Here is a thread of the results⬇️ #LoveIsNotTourism #TimeToReunite - @CBCOttawa @VassyKapelos @sophielui @vkattar @alana_kiteley @AlexWellstead @AnsonDuran

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@miss_sarah_c’s resilience amazes us every day. But she shouldn’t have to continue being resilient. The government needs to help her by including partners in the immediate family exemption. - @BillBlair @ZitaAstravas @marcomendicino @cljenks @ORadchenko @telfordk @AnnieClaireBO

”Your government has robbed me of much: my wedding day, the support of my fiancé during cancer treatment. But you will never take away my voice...not until I see justice for the thousands of families separated that I’m writing for.” @CanadianPM @marcomendicino @BillBlair @cljenks

”I have never asked for open borders. Keep them shut. We just want exemptions for committed partners and adult children of Canadians. The Canada I know, the open-minded, loving, kind Canada that I grew up in was not there for me when I needed it.” @BillBlair @JoelLightbound

”Do you have any idea what it’s like to have surgery alone? Recovery without your spouse by your side? My 60+ parents had to bathe, feed, and dress me for a week because my fiancé, my caregiver, was not allowed into Canada.” @BillBlair @telfordk @CraigMacBride @ZitaAstravas

Sarah Taylor @mrs_sarah_tea

4 years ago

”Do you have any idea what it’s like to have surgery alone? Recovery without your spouse by your side? My 60+ parents had to bathe, feed, and dress me for a week because my fiancé, my caregiver, was not allowed into Canada.” @BillBlair @telfordk @CraigMacBride @ZitaAstravas

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Also I put a sticker on the letter 💞

What did I write in my 100th letter? Check out my 4 pages of remarks, on pink paper of course💖 #LoveIsNotTourism #LoveIsEssential #TimeToReunite

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Every day, we anxiously wait for an exemption. We cry at night, hoping for a better tomorrow. We are rattled with anxiety and depression, wondering if we’ll even be reunited with our families by Thanksgiving. We need an exemption by Sept. 21st🇨🇦 #LoveIsNotTourism @marcomendicino

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— COMMITTED COUPLES SEPARATED BY BORDER RESTRICTIONS FACE DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH #TimeToReunite #LoveIsNotTourism - @AlexWellstead @Cole_Davidson @MEPower10 @annclarav @telfordk @CBCOttawa @nkeung @CBCAdrianh @perreaux @JHazlewoodCBC

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It is SEPTEMBER. We have been separated from our partners for SIX months now. The government needs to create a travel exemption for committed couples. Compassion shouldn’t stop at a marriage certificate. - @marcomendicino @michaelajones2 @BillBlair @MEPower10 @SabinaSaini