It's a very difficult business, and I'm very interested in the future of it after I'm gone, and I thought that if I can't produce a strong management team here myself, and I can find better management elsewhere, then I should sell it.

This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that.

My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.

There's always room for an operator like Airbnb, but it's quite a different thing to my serviced apartments. Airbnb is a different market - it has nothing to do with me.

My son is such a lover, such a caretaker and so funny. He's seven, and he genuinely cracks me up. And my daughter is a fearless powerhouse. They fill me with wonder and admiration.

I'm the rogue Canadian in my family - I just happened to be born here while my parents were studying here.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.