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Just yesterday I listened to the lengthy interview of DP (CTV News I think) .... and he was asked about M.Air (etc) and said very clearly that there were
other companies besides M.Air
This is very typical for folks with significant assets , the "other" are most likely holding companies.
For example the M.Air would encompass the new hangar operation and all that it entails. If there was debt it would apply strictly to that corporation , not to DM or WM .... sometimes the banks will demand a personal guarantee (on the loans) from the person starting the new corp but that is just a side issue between the person and the bank. In WM's case I doubt it .... he was not a new "upstart" , and besides the lenders would use the new hangar building as security anyway .
Most likely there would be a
separate holding company where all the real estate assets were held and managed .... it would be a completely separate entity altogether , legally and financially . For all we know the Maple court home and farm were held there as well , it would show up in land titles registered as



HOLDINGS .... which of course DM owns , so indeed it is "his farm".
Anyway , trying to give the short version .... the point is it separates everything properly for financial and tax purposes and legal purposes,
Here is an example .... if they put a new $30k roof on their apartment building the invoice would not be mixed in with invoices for Rolls Royce Turbine Blades for a Boeing 757 at M.Air
If the turbine blade failed and M.Air was liable , nobody could sue for the apartment block or farm or condo
The tax man would not allow a roof repair on an apartment to be claimed as an expense in an airline operation.
Limited liability , and proper separation of different business , is the name of the game , and it is not to "hide anything from anybody" , it is simply a proper business model.
By the sounds of the DP interview there are at least 3 different "companies"
trivia: the limited liability is not absolute ..... for example if WM or DM instructed their aviation mechanics to install an improper turbine blade
then that person would be personally liable and possibly charged
But if it was a mistake by the kid in the parts department it would simply be "an accident" and insurance would pay the liability claim.
etc etc ......