Owner and general manager of Hunter Steel, is struggling to decide what to do about Ontario's labour shortage as a result of COVID-19. The steel company is categorized as Tier 2, and requires general labourers and saw mechanics within each warehouse in order to efficiently run operations. Currently, each of his 5 warehouses are short 2 general labourers. This is unsustainable and poses a threat to meeting demand, Hunter must decide a course of action. He can either invest into partial automation eliminating the need for as much labour to be employed, pursue a labour government assistance program, continue status quo and hope, or pursue a marketing campaign that markets to consumers and potential hires.

In April 2021, Jo Santiago, account manager of the London, Ontario, branch of Goliath National Bank (GNB) was reviewing a request for a $400,000 long-term loan and a $50,000 working capital loan for Atlohsa Gifts (AG). AG's general manager, April White, had made the request. AG was a subsidiary of Atlohsa Family Healing Services (AFHS) and its mandate was to use its net earnings to fund initiatives for the betterment of Indigenous people. White was planning to use the long-term loan to open a stand-alone location in downtown London on Richmond Street to expand operations outside of AFHS headquarters and accommodate a surge in AG's retail and wholesale growth due to recent events. Santiago felt good about AG's successful sales and aligned with the organization's mission and vision; however, he felt unsure about White's ability to manage this level of debt.