Thank you very much, Chair.
Let me start off by saying that it's a pleasure to be here. This is my first meeting with this committee. I look forward to working with all members to advance the good work that this committee has embarked on.
Mr. Chair, I'll be splitting my time with Mr. Jowhari.
The question I have for our witnesses today, the department officials, is in relation to the government's plan to plant two billion trees, something that is of great importance if we are to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets, particularly with an emphasis on what happened over the last year with the wildfires we experienced and that we're projected to have possibly this summer as well. We hope that's not the case.
What many Canadians perhaps don't realize is that the vast majority of the territory in this country is not controlled by the federal government. It's actually controlled by the provinces and the territories and indigenous communities, so there needs to be diligent work done to sign agreements with our partners to make sure we can reach that target.
What agreements have been signed with the provinces and territories with regard to tree planting, and also on our aim to meet our 2030 targets? Perhaps that's something for ECCC, but I'd love to know more for the Canadians who are watching and fill them in on where we are and how those agreements are going to help us meet our goal.