Purpose, then comparison, then the published wording, then accounting advice, and the transfer only after a final check of the wording. A young framework built by executive action can be altered, so a conclusion reached on a reading taken last month may rest on language that no longer stands.
Five steps, and none of them is the transfer
Begin by naming the result in plain words: seasonal presence, settled residence, the right to hold a job, ownership and operation of a business, or bringing relatives across. Those are genuinely different results, several of them are unaffected by any donation, and stating which one applies eliminates most of the confusion straight away. Next, look properly at the employment and investment categories, which impose real conditions but have decades of interpretation behind them and are therefore predictable in a way a new arrangement is not.
Then go to the source material as it stands today and work through the family name by name for who is listed and what each is charged. After that, engage an accountant qualified on both sides, because residence changes how a Canadian hospitality group, its shareholders and an eventual estate are treated, and that is not an immigration question at all. Only then look once more and decide.