Trudeau Liberals have planted just 0.4 percent of 2 BILLION trees promised in 2019

The Trudeau Liberals have planted only a tiny fraction of the 2 billion trees they pledged to plant across Canada by 2030.

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Roberto Wakerell-Cruz Montreal QC
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The Trudeau Liberals have planted only a tiny fraction of the 2 billion trees they pledged to plant across Canada by 2030.

According to the Canadian Press, just 8.5 million, or 0.4 percent, of the 2 billion trees have been planted, nearly two years after the initial promise.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the pledge in September 2019 via Twitter on the same day that he met with climate activist Greta Thunberg.

"We'll plant 2 billion trees over the next ten years. That's it. That's the tweet," said Trudeau.

Last year, then-Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan's office said that the government's efforts would be delayed due to the pandemic.

Despite the delay, the Ministry of Natural Resources has said that the program is not falling behind, and will ramp up.

"There will be about 30 million trees planted by the end of this year. Tree planting as part of this program will continue to ramp up," Joanna Sivasankaran of Natural Resources Canada said to the Press.

Data from the government shows that 7.6 million of the 8.5 million trees planted thus far have been in British Columbia.

Ontario has seen 89,000 extra trees planted, with 60,400 in Saskatchewan, 238,000 in Alberta, with nearly 350,000 in Quebec and 235,000 in New Brunswick.

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