Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), from February 2021 to March 2024, the total expenditure for the 2 Billion Trees program was $267.7 million, namely $67.9 million in 2021-2022, $82.3 million in 2022-2023 and $117.5 million in 2023-2024. As of October 29, 2024, Natural Resources Canada, or NRCan, has spent/committed $176.9 million in signed Grants and Contributions agreements for fiscal year 2024-25.
With regard to (b), in the first three years of the program, which were 2021-2022 to 2023-2024, some 157 million trees were planted, and agreements signed or under negotiation are in place to plant 716 million trees towards the federal government’s commitment to plant 2 billion incremental trees over 10 years.
With regard to (c), on November 6, 2024, the 2 Billion Trees program released an update, stating that as of June 2024, the Government of Canada has signed or is negotiating commitments to plant over 716 million trees by March 2031.