A 2,000-person Quebec town just gave its trees the right to life (cbc.ca)
The mayor's argument: if non-living corporations can hold legal personhood, living things should qualify too. The town is the first in Canada to sign the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Tree.
The thread fixated on a detail in the article: the town has no open lots left to build on, so commenters read the whole thing as NIMBYism wearing an environmental costume.
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