Mayoral candidate pitches plan for more Toronto trees
mayoral candidate Gil Penalosa is asking voters to see the city for its trees and expect more of them going forward.
“Everybody in the city should be able to see three trees from their window and to have 30 per cent tree canopy cover in their neighbourhood, and also have a quality green space or a park within 300 metres,” said Penalosa. . Penalosa said with the majority of the city’s urban forest in more affluent areas, the priority would be increasing tree planting in low-income, racialized neighbourhoods.Read more:Sandy Smith, a professor and director of the University of Toronto’s forest programs, said the disparity in Toronto’s green spaces has been known for quite some time. She said Toronto’s experience is fairly typical to other comparable cities, where there is missing greenery is uneven.
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