My wife’s observation is that clubs such as Wakefield are signing their own death warrant , and that the newcomers will be a ‘flash in the pan’, leading to less viable clubs. That is an observation from someone with zero interest in RL, and just looking at the practicalities of it.

Your wife would appear to be more astute than some of the "powers-that-be" at RFL HQ

What money, its not the RFL money thats being pumped into Canada, Ottawa and Toronto are privately funded teams.

So, for some the plan would be to tell all overseas millionaires/ billionaires with an interest of developing the game to b*gger off while we look after our own self interest. Stay as we are and develop the heartlands. How has that gone in the last 125 years then? As I said, Newcastle show the way ahead. Just because Sheffield are in Yorkshire doesn't make them a good example, the amateur game around there is not massive and does not seem to have expanded much down the years. The New York backer is an RFL fan by the way.
It seems that a pivotal factor is the new t.v. deal and reading between the lines, it will be reduced. People can't get their heads around Toronto and Ottawa being self funded or just prefer not to listen.
Seems to me an international league will develop at some point with a couple of U.K. clubs joining the party and two,or maybe three championship sides moving up to S.L.
Hard to believe though with all our feelings towards the RFL that there is a grand plan though!!

As a fan though, my main hope is that we don't get Toronto off to their winning ways!!