I tend to agree. The bigger challenge, quite frankly, is that most of these initiatives are proposal-driven, except for regular, recurring funding through legacy programs, where it is not required. Rapid housing or any of these new initiatives are proposal-driven, so all first nations across the country are eligible.
You touched on one of the most important challenges: Those with the greatest need have the least capacity. Those who have less need have the greatest capacity and the ability to submit fulsome proposals within the time frames and meet all the conditions and criteria to be assessed. At the end of the day, it appears that lesser-capacity first nations are getting less of the national budget. That is part of the reality. If you're a small community, you don't have good capacity and good people, or the ability to retain, hire and keep these people. It's your more urban, sophisticated communities with access to consultants, lawyers and a host of other support services that are able to get proposals in.
That is part of the challenge for all first nations across the board.