Wednesday was the final day the B.C. legislature was in session for 2025 — and it sure delivered a season finale.

After months of MLAs either leaving his party or being removed from it, now disputed Opposition Leader John Rustad appeared cornered. The B.C. Conservative Party’s board said that because a majority of Rustad's caucus had voted to remove him, he was “professionally incapacitated” and therefore removed as leader.

Confusion surrounds B.C. Conservatives leadership after John Rustad rejects party’s bid to remove him

It led to a dramatic afternoon of duelling scrums in the legislature between supporters of Rustad and Trevor Halford, the Surrey-White Rock MLA that the Conservative Party board said had been installed as interim leader.

With both sides claiming legitimacy — bu

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