The Liberal government is dropping its goal to plant two billion trees by 2031 as part of Tuesday's budget, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The government currently has contracts that they intend to fulfil to plant one billion trees, one source said.

The news was first reported by the Globe and Mail.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that the budget will include a “climate competitiveness strategy.” But this is another key Trudeau-era climate policy that Carney has dropped since becoming leader, after ending the consumer carbon tax and pushing back the electric-vehicle sales mandate.

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau announced the planting initiative during the 2019 election campaign and later earmarked $3.2 billion over 10 years for the program. Funding that

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