Yes: again, it's easier to be able to apply for something from the community up towards the federal government than it is for the federal government to be dictating the criteria down. In a country that's as vast as Canada, with as many different regions and with the sizes of our cities ranging from five million in the greater metropolitan area in Toronto to hamlets and villages of a couple dozen people, it's quite a challenge to be able to incorporate all of that into program design.
On November 23rd, 2011. See this statement in context.