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VICTORIA — The B.C. legislature was getting down to business one afternoon this week when there was a sudden, violent eruption from Andrew Weaver of the Greens.

“I rise with a great deal of dismay,” he began, then delivered chapter and verse for a full hour, with stops along the way to lash out at various enemies, real and otherwise.

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Mainly he blamed the B.C. Liberals, at one point urging them to resign, at another suggesting the province needs another election. As the Green leader ratcheted up the rhetoric, the common reaction around the legislature was disbelief, mixed with more than a little laughter at his expense.

The immediate cause of Weaver’s ire was a procedural foul-up.

The legislature was debating government legislation to expedite compensation for police officers, firefighters, paramedics other emergency workers suffering from job-related mental stress. The Greens had introduced amendments to extend the same coverage to teachers, nurses, construction workers and others.