It is declining, yes. In Vancouver for instance, the canopy cover has actually gone down in the last 20 years in spite of all the wonderful green efforts and great community efforts and all that. Part of it is invasive insects. That's taking a big toll. A lot of it is actually figuring out how we densify our municipalities. Remember we want to do smart growth. We don't want to create a lot of suburbs. It's much smarter to develop within our municipalities, but that can take a horrible toll on the trees unless we protect the trees. That's what we're dealing with these days.
On October 18th, 2018. See this statement in context.