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The article looks at discounts for senior citizens in Canada as of November 2013. It is noted that the large population of aging people in the Baby Boomer generation is causing businesses to change their policies around discounts for older people. Topics include how the discounts were warranted in the past, when previous generations of seniors on fixed incomes lived near the poverty line; the wealth in housing, pensions, and financial assets held by seniors; and Canadian taxes.

In this article the author discusses the state of the Canadian economy in 2007, noting that Canada's commercial performance lags well behind that of the United States. The piece includes details of a study that examined the Canadian economy and suggested methods to improve it, including increased technology, more spending on higher education and lower taxes.

The author argues that the corporate world becomes a do-good instrument of Canadian diplomacy whenever a sanction is imposed against a rogue nation. He says that the initial reliance on sanction is undeniably a good thing. He adds that the Canadian business community willingly accepts its new place in modern policy.

The author looks at research on the public health impacts of wealth, noting a report by Waterloo Region Public Health that linked income inequality to poorer health outcomes across society. He comments that poverty levels in Canada are at a record low point. He cites research disputing associations between income inequality and health and mortality, also arguing that inequality promotes economic development and decreases absolute poverty.

The author discusses an increase in part-time work and self-employment in Canada, arguing that employment flexibility allows workers to function as free agents and encourages companies to hire more employees. Topics include the "Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work" report from the Law Commission of Ontario, proposed legislation intended to limit employment flexibility, and economic conditions in Italy, Spain, and Greece as of 2012.

The author discusses the prevalence of suicide in Canada, its economic ramifications, and why it deserves more attention as of October 2012. Topics include how the structure of workplace productivity does not focus on mental health, how occupations like logging and nursing have higher rates of suicide, and corporate investment in mental health.

The article examines day care in Canada and the 2008 reforms to the financing of the service proposed by New Democratic Party member of parliament Olivia Chow. Under Chow's legislation no government money would be paid to the operators of for-profit day care centers. The economic issues surrounding the day care industry are examined.