As a priority, I think direct access to funding should be given to municipalities, or at least to RCMs. This could make it easier for them to manage the process and ease their financial burden. As an organization, we can support them in doing some of the work, such as in the context of public consultations, but there are things we can't do and for which our scope is limited.
I think the priority should be to simplify the process and shorten it some more.