It has yet to be drafted and implemented. Hydro Quebec remains responsible for all trees found under electrical wires. Big companies are hired to maintain these trees. Because the work is all done by contract, speed, not quality, is the priority. In conclusion, it will take years to quantify the exact impact of the ice storm on the trees in the affected region.
Circumstance has a lot to do with their recovery in the long run.
The trees are still under severe stress, making them prime targets for disease and insects. Nature, being unpredictable, may strike again with another natural disaster in Eastern Canada, and as we learned the winter of 1998, no matter what technology we may possess, there is no stopping nature when it strikes. In the case of the Granby City trees, chances of survival are as good, if not better than many, because special precautions have been taken, not only with proper pruning practices but also with proper sanitation of equipment. As for many of the privately owned trees in Granby, it's not the ice storm that caused most of the devastation but the average contractor and homeowner.