Forget kids, town approves ‘right to life’ for … TREES! * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
A small town in Canada officially has recognized trees as living beings with their own rights.
A resolution adopted by the council in Terrasse-Vaudreuil, not far from Montreal, declares that trees are worthy of protection, according to a report from the CBC.
Their rights now include “the right to life, to natural growth, to integrity and to regeneration,” according to the report.
Mayor Michel Bourdeau said in the report Quebec filmmaker André Desrochers inspired the community’s agenda.
He said a film by Desrochers persuaded residents that trees are living entities that breathe and communicate with each other.
“A tree is like a human being,” Bourdeau said. “It breathes, it lives, it takes in water. It protects us from all sorts of things.”
The International Observatory of Nature Rights said the town is the first municipality in Canada to sign the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Tree, a movement pushed by a coalition of environmentalists.
The mayor explained that the plan in practicality means the town now will review its existing rules and regulations to make sure that trees are protected, and if they need to be removed, replaced.
“Trees are a true green infrastructure,” he said. “They help reduce urban heat islands, improve air quality, manage precious water resources and protect biodiversity.”
Karine Peloffy, an activist with Ecojustice, said the town’s change is a “very hopeful gesture in the broader movement for the rights of nature.”
A columnist at Live Action pointed out, however, that the town has declined so far to offer the same or similar legal protections to unborn children.
That’s the result of a Canadian Supreme Court ruling that stripped the unborn of all protections under the law.
The result is that in Canada now abortion is allowed throughout pregnancy, without restrictions.
A Canadian town says trees have a right to life…
but it’s perfectly fine to kill babies in abortions.
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