Thank you for your question.
I'll illustrate that very simply.
It's not complicated: for proper planning and agile, effective execution, you need both feet on the ground and mud on your boots. Parliament Hill in Ottawa is very far removed from the day‑to‑day, concrete reality of municipalities. The same goes for Quebec City, Toronto and Victoria. Provincial governments are also far removed from the day‑to‑day reality of contractors, municipalities and the infrastructure that supports building and project deployment.
Municipal governments are still the closest to the people and quickest to respond to their needs and ensure their day‑to‑day well-being. It's also the level of government that can best guide developers and those seeking housing. That all takes proper coordination based on the actual options available, be that in a community, a city neighbourhood or a rural community in an RCM. The closer to the ground you get, the better you can coordinate the process to connect people who need housing and those who build it.
That said, municipalities need support. As I said, in rural municipalities—and I think this is probably true across Canada—bureaucracy is a lot less cumbersome than in cities, where processes can take a very long time, as some builders have said. Rural communities tend to have a hard time accessing funding and finding developers that want to invest or work in rural areas.