This question is everything to me. As a local MP, I live in a community that has just shy of 10,000 people. I represent other communities that have just over 10,000 people, depending on how you define “community”. I want to personally engage, to the extent that I can, to find the best applications that are going to build the most homes and provide the greatest value for money. Communities that are just over the threshold that puts them in a new category will still be eligible and will be given full consideration.
There are some very large cities that have been identified as growth leaders, which we are going to be addressing first. Some of them have been announced already. However, those that are not among the growth leaders, which have been experiencing significant population gains in recent years, but still have a population large enough that they fall into the stream you mentioned will absolutely be eligible and will be given fair consideration.
My constituents would not forgive me if the case were otherwise.