Paul Lefebvre

As we know so well here in Sudbury, planting trees is one of the most effective ways to protect our environment and mitigate the effects of climate change. Plain and simple. Without our Canadian forests, there is no path to our 2030 Paris climate agreement targets or achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. That’s why over the next 10 years, our government will invest $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees from coast to coast to coast – the largest number committed by a single government in the world. In fact, this plan fulfills a 2019 election promise made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau right here in Sudbury only 18 months ago. …By planting two billion trees, we can eliminate as many as 12 megatonnes of carbon emissions from our air. Trees enhance our communities’ long-term resilience to climate change.