Likewise.
We agree wholeheartedly with your point about the importance of forests and biodiversity acting as carbon sinks. I also find it quite alarming that it looks like the current plans for tree planting are on track to only be about 3.8% of the overall promise.
You noted something in your reports that I've actually heard from growers over the last couple of years. They've been very reticent to raise it because of their concerns that they would potentially face some sort of retribution or not be able to benefit from the various commitments or agreements that are being undertaken.
Would you expand specifically on your concerns around the hardiness and survival level of trees, whether or not that will be improved, and also the status of any provincial agreements? What are the holdups?