Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, that report actually mentions the cavity and does note the decay in the cavity as well. However, that was done in early May, so the tree hadn't leafed out. It's noted in the limitations of that assessment that there were no leaves on the tree at that point. Whether the cavity

Procedure and House Affairs committee  More data is always better just objectively, but I feel fairly confident of the assessment I have given so far, considering I had multiple opportunities...including when the tree was in leaf already. The aerial inspection, and looking closely at the twigs, is a really valuable to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It gives you more information about the health of the canopy of the tree. In this particular case, it gave us more information about the health of the cavity within the tree. Viewing the tree only from the ground is considered a limitation in terms of an assessment. Last week we

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. You go into a lift, and you get close up to it. You can probe it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, there was no drone; it was a person in a lift.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, more information is always good.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would never evaluate a tree based on one measure alone. I'm sorry. It's really a combination of factors. I'm sorry to not provide a more comprehensive—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I look at the structure of the tree, whether there are any significant defects like the cavity, in combination with the health of the leaves, in combination with the environmental factors around it, and in combination with how other trees that are nearby and sharing similar envir

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We reviewed reports from as early as 1995, but my personal observations started in September of last year.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We had a report from 1995 and then a further five reports done by external arborists and registered professional foresters in 2017 and 2018.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I evaluated the tree primarily for assessment as a candidate for transplant, for sure, but one of the earlier reports specifically looked at retaining it in place. The determination of that arborist was that the remediation to the root zone would not likely ensure long-term survi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's certainly a long way from having just one living branch on the whole tree. However, I found that a good half of the tree was in pretty rough condition, and that was confirmed by an aerial investigation we did in March when we were looking for the twigs to send to the Univers

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm a landscape architect and certified arborist. I have been a certified arborist for seven years and have been practising landscape architecture for 10 years. I have been employed with CENTRUS since September. I've examined the tree a number of times starting in late September,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe a dendrologist is his position at NRCan, I'm not 100% sure, but he's also a registered professional forester. That's a different qualification. A certified arborist is somebody who practises in the field and has certification offered by an organization called the Intern