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Lynn Northwood is deeply worried about her husband, trapped on the island of St. Martin since hurricane Irma hit, and doesn’t understand why the Canadian government isn’t airlifting citizens out as the United States has done.

“When you see Trudeau, and I like Trudeau, tweeting about helping Mexico and what not, and I feel like, well, you’ve got Canadian citizens who are stranded in the Caribbean islands who are watching other nations take care of their citizens and what are we doing? Nothing,” said Lynn.

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Irma hit St. Martin on Wednesday as a Category 5 storm, causing significant damage to the airport and heavy flooding in coastal communities.

Lynn last heard from her husband, John Northwood, at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, when a stranger texted her saying John was fine and was hoping to get on an airplane. When she texted back the person said they were no longer with John.

“There’s very few people who have any means of communication, you know for one thing there’s no electricity, so I think people can’t keep their phone and whatnot charged.”