Section 89 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Artificial transactions

For the purposes of this Division, an applicant in the self-employed persons class or an applicant in the start-up business class is not considered to have met the applicable requirements of this Division if the fulfillment of those requirements is based on one or more transactions that were entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring a status or privilege under the Act rather than in the case of an applicant in the self-employed class, for the purpose of self-employment;

and in the case of an applicant in the start-up business class, for the purpose of engaging in the business activity for which a commitment referred to in paragraph 98.01 (2)(a) was intended.