A small Canadian town has officially granted trees the status of living beings with legal rights.
Terrasse-Vaudreuil, located roughly 40 miles (64 km) west of Montreal, unanimously passed a resolution on June 9 declaring that trees possess “the right to life, natural growth, integrity, and regeneration.” The town is among the first in Canada to endorse the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Tree.
Mayor Michel Bourdeau credited the initiative in part to filmmaker André Desrocher, whose work helped shift local perspectives on trees from mere scenery to vital living entities. “A tree is like a human being,” Bourdeau told CBC. “It breathes, it lives, it takes in water. It protects us from all sorts of things.”
Facing repeated flooding in recent years, the municipality views trees as critical infrastructure. They cool urban areas, sequester carbon, purify air, support biodiversity, mitigate heat islands, and assist with stormwater management.
The resolution calls for a review of local bylaws to strengthen tree protection and ensure proper replacement when removals occur.
This step reflects the expanding global “rights of nature” movement, which seeks legal personhood for ecosystems, much like corporations already enjoy. A notable precedent in Quebec is the 2021 granting of legal personhood to the Magpie River by a regional government and the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit.
Advocates believe such recognition could reshape development decisions, enhance climate resilience, and transform urban planning. In Terrasse-Vaudreuil, the message is clear: trees are not simply property, they are living systems essential to human communities.
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Canada: There is a new wildfire burning in Clearwater county in Alberta Canada. The fire is listed as out of control and very active. Alberta emergency management is asking anyone in the backcountry to leave immediately.
“There is an out of control wildfire near highway 734, about 3 km northwest of the highway 584 junction in southwest Clearwater County.
All campers, traffic and anyone in the backcountry that is within 10 km of highway 734, near the highway 584 junction should leave the area immediately. Residents in the area must prepare for a possible evacuation.”
BREAKING
The Liberals just RAMMED through a motion to seize control of ALL parliamentary committees.
Carney is wasting no time abusing his new "majority" that he didn't earn at the ballot box to SHUT DOWN oversight & accountability.
A MASSIVE UNDEMOCRATIC POWER GRAB.
CTV REPORTER: How many of your MPs do you have to lose to the Libs before reflecting on your political future as leader.
POILIEVRE: My leadership does not come from dirty backroom deals. It comes from the people of Canada.
Record-breaking 8.3 MILLION people voted Conservative & 87% backed Poilievre's leadership less than 90 days ago.
REJECTED asylum claimants are receiving vision care, physiotherapy, counseling and more
While 6 MILLION Canadians can’t find a family doctor
24,000 Canadians died on waitlists in 2024
How is it possible that people with no legal right to stay get better coverage than citizens?
BREAKING: Conservatives will introduce a motion tomorrow to cut back deluxe benefits for fake refugees and deport non-citizens and foreign nationals who do crime.
Time to take care of our health care, our taxpayers, our safety, and our country: https://t.co/l9HFfGqXhs
The liberal left has blamed everyone else for the decline of the Canadian economy
STOP
Stop: blaming Stephen Harper
He hasn't been in power for over 10 years
Stop: Blaming Donald Trump
He is not the leader of Canada
Stop: Blaming Pierre Poilievre
He is only the opposition leader.
START
Start: Looking into terrible policies created by this liberal government for the past 10 years
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Looking into the many conflict of interest from Mark Carney and his goons
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Looking into Mark Carneys USA investments
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Looking into his backroom deals with China
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Looking into this liberal government corruption and hypocrisy.
This is insane and Orwellian.
Governments and kangaroo courts now chill freedom of expression instead of fighting crime, censoring people who dare to speak their minds. Just ask the B.C. school board trustee who got slapped with a $750,000 fine for saying there are two genders.
Enough is enough. We must defend the truth and free speech against these mad censors.
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I did not need the Supreme Court to tell me that the Emergencies Act wasn’t justified for this act of courage and beauty we named the Freedom Convoy.
We are run under a corrupt government.