Evaluation Findings Relevance Based on the documents reviewed and the key informant interviews, the evaluation found that there is a continuing need to facilitate the migration of business immigrants to Canada in order to contribute directly to the creation of jobs and businesses in Canada. [...] Given the current context where the GoC announced in early 2014 its intention to terminate the federal entrepreneur and investor programs, and that the findings indicate that the program could benefit from major adjustments, CIC should seize the opportunity, building from the evaluation’s lessons learned, to inform the design and implementation of new federal business immigration programming. [...] Purpose of the Evaluation This report presents the findings of the evaluation of the federal Business Immigration Program (BIP)4, including its three classes: the Entrepreneur (EN) class, the Self-employed persons (SE) class and the Investor (IN) class. [...] Section 12(2) of the IRPA states that a foreign national may be selected as a member of the economic class on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada, and Sections 88 to 109 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) set out the selection criteria for foreign nationals under the three classes of the BIP. [...] The INs investment is paid to the Government of Canada and redistributed to participating provinces and territories for economic development.7 The IRPR state that the Immigrant Investor Program (IIP) funds should use monies received for the purpose of creating or continuing employment in Canada to foster the development of a strong and viable economy.