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M-68 Federal Urban Forest Strategy

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Motion Text

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should create a Federal Urban Forest Strategy, with the objectives of: (a) affirming the leadership role of the government in urban forest knowledge, urban forest management, and urban forest protection; (b) promoting the importance of the environmental, social and economic roles of Canada’s urban forests; (c) sustaining and enhancing urban forest canopy cover to safeguard human and environmental health; (d) advancing national societal knowledge of the urgent issues facing urban forests, including (i) invasive species, (ii) climate change, (iii) urbanization; (e) encouraging innovative, world-class approaches to urban forest management and planning; and (f) ensuring that federal involvement in managing urban forests is a collaborative endeavour between all levels of government, including indigenous peoples, and that it also includes the involvement of (i) the private sector, (ii) property owners, (iii) nongovernmental organizations.


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Thursday, September 15, 2016
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Thursday, September 15, 2016
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