I love your question, because I am one of those people who, in Quebec, went to battle over this. Airbnb is frequently active in our communities, and in particular at our vacation destinations. So people are buying big houses not to live there, but to rent them out. That raises the issue of zoning, and they make changes in places to which people moved in order to live there. Overnight, business pop up. We can't allow that to happen. We can't have international companies showing up and deciding how our communities are to be zoned.
When we, the municipal governments, want to change something or allow multi-tenancy rather than residential accommodation, we have to consult our citizens. That should also apply to businesses. A referendum could be held and various measures implemented. When these international companies move in, we get the impression that they simply ignore municipal regulations and the people who live there. We can't let that happen.
I'm not saying that there's no place for short-term rentals. There's room for projects like that. However, the areas for that purpose need to be established. We can't just allow them to take over and choose where they want to set up shop. It has to be predetermined, hence the importance of land-use planning.