On April 6, 2020, British Columbia issued 18 invitations to Business Candidates to apply for the provincial nomination under the Entrepreneur Regional Pilot of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP). This was the biggest invitation round in the Regional Pilot since the launch of the stream last year.
The lowest score of this round was 107 points, nine points less than in the previous round. This year, BC has invited 62 business candidates and 30 of them within the framework of the Regional Pilot. Last year, the province invited 57 entrepreneurs in this stream. So far, 66 rural communities were approved to participate in the pilot.