I'm happy to take that.
There's no question that the Atlantic provinces are high-tax provinces relative to most of the others, and some of them have backed themselves into difficult fiscal situations. On the other hand, notwithstanding some history, Nova Scotia, for instance, is cruising with a balanced budget. P.E.I. is near there, and New Brunswick is not that far off. The influences in Newfoundland and Labrador are a little different, mostly oriented towards oil.
The no-go decision with respect to energy east was primarily market-driven. A secondary reason was regulatory barriers. It's unfortunate for the province of New Brunswick. Things may change in the future, or they may not. Time will tell.
With your permission, I'll speak on the urban-rural question. Think of population centres as gravity centres. The bigger the population, the bigger the gravitational pull. That includes neighbourhoods that have a particular ethnic focus. It is always going to be the case that population centres will attract more people more readily and more easily than a rural area simply because that's where the opportunities are and that's where the higher wages tend to be.
Meanwhile, in the resource sector and in the agriculture sector, it's a competitive world. The resource firms, as well as farms and the agriculture sector, have had to boost their productivity to stay competitive. They automate their processes and they hire fewer people than they used to. They still need people, but there's no question that there's a long-term economic draw away from rural areas to the centre.