Terrasse-Vaudreuil, a municipality west of Montreal, adopts a city council resolution declaring that trees are living beings worthy of protection and recognizing rights for trees. Multiple outlets describe the decision as a first in Quebec and Canada, with the resolution framed around support for the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Tree. City News Toronto reports the council adopted the measure on June 9, and states the text includes protection for trees, “including the right …” (the full wording is not provided in the excerpts). The Independent and National Post add that the move is inspired by a screening connected to filmmaker André Desrocher, who is quoted as saying a tree is comparable to a human being. The sources characterize the step as an effort to formally acknowledge trees’ standing and to strengthen protections for them. While outlets differ slightly in emphasis—some focusing on legal rights and sentience, others on inspiration and the specific declaration—the reporting consistently ties the action to the same municipality, the same resolution, and the same general recognition of trees’ rights as living beings.