In accordance with a Treasury Board directive, every department follows its own evaluation process. It depends on the program, but usually, a program is evaluated after five years, for example, using pre-determined criteria. The department always has a committee that examines the various aspects of the program to figure out what the criteria should be. It depends mainly on the program's objective. The program objective serves as the basis for establishing the criteria and performance evaluation measures used.
On May 15th, 2014. See this statement in context.