They bypassed trees assigned for care to stop instead at residential homes, plazas and streets with no trees. In one example highlighted by the city, a tree crew started their day by going to Gerrard Square shopping centre, and went on to make a number of questionable stops. The city has approximately 10.2 million trees and the urban forestry department uses both contractors and in-house city crews for tree maintenance work. In another example the auditor reported, the crew made stops at Mount Pleasant Cemetery and drove through side streets and residential areas that did not appear to be related to city work. The audit could not conduct the same review of city crews because the city’s urban forestry vehicles are not equipped with GPS systems.

Source: thestar April 30, 2019 22:30 UTC