Feds to plant trees around the city
More than 275,000 trees will be planted in and around Montreal via the largesse of federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault.
More than 275,000 trees will be planted in and around Montreal via the largesse of federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault.
Chris 19:51 on 2023-05-10 Permalink
0.01375% of the 2 billion trees Trudeau promised! Talk about largesse!
Kate 20:13 on 2023-05-10 Permalink
Better than none.
Chris 20:23 on 2023-05-10 Permalink
Yup. But only by the tiniest of fractions.
dhomas 02:53 on 2023-05-11 Permalink
https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/2-billion-trees.html
2 billion trees over 10 years. Not only in Montreal, but Canada-wide. Before stating that it’s only less than 1% of the promised trees, we should probably get numbers from the whole of the project, ya?
saintjacques 08:35 on 2023-05-11 Permalink
The Globe and Mail actually had a very recent podcast episode on this very topic of the two billion trees. TL;DR: like so many promises made by political parties, it’s easy to promise, harder to implement. But there’s nuance, it’s not black-and-white, because the world is messy.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-the-missing-two-billion-trees-trudeau-promised/
Jonathan 09:34 on 2023-05-11 Permalink
There’s definitely more to come about this program 😉
Chris 10:14 on 2023-05-11 Permalink
>Before stating that it’s only less than 1% of the promised trees…
It’s 100 times less that 1%!
>…we should probably get numbers from the whole of the project, ya?
Yes, let’s. 2 years after making their promise, they’ve planted 0.4% of what they promised. In all of Canada. If they continue that linearly, they’ll reach 2% at the 10 year mark. If they do 10x better, they’ll reach 20%.
You know canada.ca is the government, right? Maybe read from someplace else? National Post, CBC, Globe and Mail: they all agree, the project is lightyears behind.
Anyway, it was Kate’s use of the word “largesse” that made me almost fall of my chair laughing. Paying for 0.01375% of an already-made, years old, election promise doesn’t reach the bar in my books.
Kate 12:02 on 2023-05-11 Permalink
Chris, do you honestly think I’d use the word “largesse” non-ironically?