Jess Vliegenthart

Paralympian. Lawyer. Backyard Chicken Farmer. It’s none of my business, but I’d sure like to know.

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

I’m really not a fan of these post voting-booth “gotcha” videos that expose people’s gaps in electoral understanding.

Voter turnout out is already dismally low. Everyone should get a high five just for showing up.

These videos are just an obnoxious form of gatekeeping.

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

@ty_olsen Absolutely this. Just undertook a 24 hour journey from Kamloops to Switzerland with the 6 and 9 yr olds and they were total champs all three flights because of unencumbered ST ( normally pretty ruthlessly limited to a couple hours on weekends only).

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

At 5 years old, my mom and I would drive over this bridge every morning at 7am as CBC World Report came on, which is how I knew we were on time. She’d drop me at daycare and head to work at RIH.

35 years later, I still cross it twice a day.

Just gutted 💔

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Me, hanging out on the #bcpoli hashtag the last two weeks

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

This is amazing 🥹

[Stef Reid MBE PLY @RunJumpStefReid]

I just commentated on my husband winning a gold medal at the Paralympics ♥️🙌♥️

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Woof. What a late start. These athletes are used to 6am training sessions. I always hated games that tipped off later than 7pm.

It’s mentally exhausting trying to stay focused on a monumental game when it starts 14+ hours after you wake up.

I feel for all the players!

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

USA defeats China 50-47 in the first women's wheelchair basketball semifinal.

So now it's down to Canada vs Netherlands for the opportunity to play USA for gold on Sunday.

Tip-off is at 9:30pm local, 3:30pm ET.

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

🔥🔥🔥

[Wheelchair Basketball Canada @WCBballCanada]

Team Canada is through to the semifinals following Tuesday's 79-67 victory over the Netherlands.

#TeamCanada | #Wheelchairbasketball | #Paris2024

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Mid year resolution: use Twitter to ID nice and good things, not just headaches.

Attempt 1: on a recent @BCFerries trip we saw some orcas. That was neat.

Look at me go!

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

@PassportCan Well I mean. I’m not traveling in the next two days because if I was, the location you’re suggesting will sort this out is 330 km away.

This cannot be the answer. How does one fix this without a 700km roadtrip?

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Update on the 5 year old’s missing passport: still missing, now 8 weeks,and after calling the number given to me by @PassportCan , sitting on hold for two hours, the human who answered refused to help, saying I shouldn’t have been given this number, and hung up on me 🫠

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Two weeks later, still no passport, and the website has no information when input the file number. Just baffling. @PassportCan

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Desperately trying to figure out why my 5 yr old’s passport is now 4 weeks overdue. Passport Canada is “not accepting calls right now due to high call volume” and boots me back to the website, which instructs me to call. Incredible service 😑. @PassportCan

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

And now for the positive: had a great time with the fam at @surfgrove in Tofino and at Little Qualicum Falls provincial park, both of which had top notch accessible facilities that were clearly thought out.

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Please do better @BCFerries
This ‘disability card’ business that requires medical forms to be filled out when 40% of British columbians don’t have family doctors is nonsense. If you have a wheelchair, you have a wheelchair. Stop complicating things.

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[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

Another BC holiday, another smattering of weird accessibility challenges. This time @BCFerries takes top spot for most bizarre policies. 1/

[Jess Vliegenthart @TheVlieagle]

So here I am, shouting into the void about what it’s like to live with a disability in 2024. I sit on the BC Provincial Accessibility Committee, where I use my voice to TELL THE GOVERNMENT how to do better and yet here, on the ground, where it matters, nothing changes. 10/