It's very important, because the small municipalities of only a few thousand, or even only a few hundred, inhabitants work extensively with their RCM and receive shared services. Many community and economic organizations are developed around their RCM.
With respect to services, with a view to future changes, it would be interesting to compare the role of an MP who represents an urban riding of six square kilometres to the role of an MP like me, who represents a riding of 5,000 square kilometres, with 35 municipalities and five RCMs. I'm aware of the fact that some MPs have ridings that are even larger.
It's true that when there are several municipalities in a single RCM, whether 3 or 15, the same work needs to be done with the RCM management team. Conversely, for the director of an RCM, the work is already being done with a riding team. This means that the management team has to work with two or three MPs, which also increases their workload.
I believe I gave a good explanation in my address of the dynamics between MPs and the RCMs, including how we work together, and in my view, the less RCMs are split, the better it is, for us and for them.