This program was announced as a federal initiative, but as you know, most Crown land in Canada is managed by the provinces and territories. As I've termed it before in previous appearances before other committees, the federal government was essentially an obligate collaborator with other entities for this to work. It was rolled out before those agreements were in place. You could say, perhaps, the cart was ahead of the horse somewhat, because the important-sounding objective of two billion trees was announced before the ducks were in a row and we had the agreements with those who would be needed to implement it.
On February 15th, 2024. See this statement in context.