New updated content: 2025-02-28 11:27:47

We have received a response to our enquiry on the status of the plan to clone scions from the Parliamentary Elm that was removed in 2019 for replanting on Parliament Hill at a future date. As it turns out, 8 saplings were successfully cloned. Six were returned to Parliament Hill and two were retained in Guelph for scientific research. Last May, Parliamentarians approved the planting of six saplings on the eastern slopes of Parliament Hill. Hopefully these will flourish and propagate so that mature elms will once again grace the Hill. With this happy ending, it was agreed that the full story of the Parliamentary Elm should be told.

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