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Quebec town introduces tax for treeless yards—David Wees comments

Published: 9 April 2025

A small town in Quebec's Montérégie region is trying a novel approach to help mitigate the impacts of climate change and accelerate the greening of the community,

As of 2025, homeowners in Saint-Amable, Que., roughly 40 kilometres east of Montreal, are being charged an annual surtax of $200 if they don't have at least one leafy, deciduous tree in their front yard.

ɬÀï·¬ Plant Science Faculty Lecturer David Wees talked to CBC about how this approach could make a difference in encouraging people to plant more trees on their properties in Saint-Amable, a new suburb trying to double its canopy coverage in order to combat the heat island effect.

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