89. For the purposes of section 88, each person who is part of a group of 2 to 5 natural persons must, in particular, demonstrate that he or she has and will continue to have, for the duration of the undertaking, income to provide for his or her basic needs and those of the family members, at least equal to the minimum income required as determined in Schedule B.
Where a group includes a married or de facto couple, the minimum income required is reached for each of them when the sum of the income of the spouses or de facto spouses is at least equal to the minimum income required as determined in Schedule B.
Where a group includes a person who has a dependent child and whose income is at least equal to the minimum income required as determined in Schedule B, the dependent child is not taken into account when counting the number of family members for the purpose of assessing the person’s income.
Where the person owns a sole proprietorship or a partnership, only the net enterprise income is taken into consideration for the purposes of the first paragraph.
In addition, the group must have the minimum amount required to provide for the sponsored person’s basic needs, as determined in Schedule D.
963-2018O.C. 963-2018, s. 89; 1231-2022O.C. 1231-2022, s. 1611.