Trudeau Tree Planting Promise

• Ottawa pledged 2 billion new trees, Quebec wants to cut some down after historic wildfires

  The provincial government is asking Ottawa to allow the local forestry industry to chop down trees in areas of the province hardest hit by last year's forest fires.

  Environment

  Feb 16, 2024
  
• Canada pledged to plant 2 billion trees by 2030 — it’s not going so well

  The government isn't on track to get even four per cent of the promised trees in the ground by the end of 2030, according to an audit by the environment commissioner.

  Environment

  Apr 20, 2023
  
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• Canada plans to plant up to 320 million trees a year to meet Trudeau’s 2 billion target

  The move follows sharp criticism of delays in the tree-planting plan which was promised by the Prime Minister during the 2019 election campaign.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2021
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• Canada has planted only 8.5M of 2B trees promised by Trudeau so far

  According to government data, 7.6 million of the 8.5 million trees planted since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his pledge were in British Columbia.

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2021