Financial support for job seekers who want to launch their own business in PEI

You must be legally authorized to work in Canada (Canadian citizen or permanent resident);
You must have a current claim for Employment Insurance benefits; or
You must have a previous EI claim whose benefit period ended within the previous 60 months; or
An unemployed person who paid, in at least 5 of the last 10 years, employee's premiums that did not entitle the person for a refund (ie. If the person made less than $2000 in earnings in a year, any EI premiums that they would have paid, would be reimbursed);
You must not currently be operating your own business;