I knew a gentleman who owned a small manufacturing company. He had over 50 employees, but a variety of events (the rise of inexpensive Asian import, etc.) drove his company into debt.

He did not want to lay anyone off, so one of the things he did was not pay his quarterly GST installment. 

When RevCan came after him, he committed suicide. And then it all came out...He was also trying to protect his family, but then after his death, they lost just about everything..

Someone need to do a study on the suicide rate of entrepreneurs...sounds anecdotal, but I see to run across these situations, and they always seem to be people who are trying to do the best they can, but take it all far too personally...until they simply cannot take it any more..