I doubt it's self sustaining, the maritime provinces are very poor with high unemployment and have been that way since the fisheries industry collapsed. PEI is

I doubt it's self sustaining, the maritime provinces are very poor with high unemployment and have been that way since the fisheries industry collapsed. PEI is a little more self-sustaining because they have things like potato farming but their unemployment rate is on the higher end of the Canadian spectrum and PEI is one of the biggest beneficiaries of equalization from the rest of Canada. In short, they're not going to be paying for this out of pocket, the other provinces are going to be footing the bill for their experiment in a time when other provinces are tightening their belts.