Other options to apply for travel also didn’t seem like a viable option amid the closure, Wojcickij said. “Even gift packages at Christmas this year, it took a month to send everything. In the last year, she said they’ve relied a lot on Zoom, FaceTime, phone calls and emails.

Marilyn Gladu, Sarnia-Lambton’s member of parliament, said she’s heard from constituents who both want to see the border opened to be reunited with family and others who want to remain more cautious while vaccine rollout gets underway.īefore the pandemic, Wojcickij said her family would’ve seen each other every month. She was not made available for comment through her office this week. Lisa McClain, R-Romeo, has joined other federal lawmakers in asking the Biden administration to approach a bilateral plan expanding exceptions for essential travel. With no end to the border closure in sight, it isn’t clear what the next step is for lawmakers in discussing opening up the bridge. So, we’re just waiting for the vaccine, just waiting for the border to open,' she said. “I can’t fix what’s happening on either side. They don’t want us to come,” Wojcickij said, acknowledging transmission and combating the virus was “an entirely different situation” in Canada. If you talk to my family on the Ontario side, they think we’re full of germs and carrying COVID. Wojcickij said she knows other families like hers - close but separated by a global pandemic. The Blue Water Bridge and other international crossings remain closed to non-essential travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. and Canada, and it’s been a year since she has seen her daughter, 4-year-old granddaughter, parents, and other friends and family in person in Canada.

However, she’s a dual citizen of both the U.S. Cheryl Wojcickij said she and her husband, Terry, had originally moved from Shelby Township to Port Huron to be closer to family.

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