The cost of an investigation is a factor that has a significant impact on the smaller agencies in particular. I think that in the context of this legislation, what would typically happen is that once a smaller agency realized they were dealing with a significant file where they needed to consider giving someone the protection offered by this legislation, they would probably involve another larger agency. So depending on which province you might be working in, you would go to the RCMP, who are typically the provincial police force in most provinces, except Quebec and Ontario.
I'm not sure that this legislation changes anything in that respect. The reality is that a smaller police agency would be challenged any time a significant organized crime investigation occurred in their community, and they would typically bring in other partners to assist with additional resources. In most cases they would probably engage the provincial government to provide some assistance with respect to the funding.