Private jets, yachts and parties: Ontario landlords flaunted lavish lifestyle as business began to crumble

In a 2022 promotional video, Robby Clark stands at the bow of a yacht, arms raised to the sky as a camera circles overhead. “You can stick me in the desert with nothing and I’m going to come out owning the desert,” he says. Less than two years later, his Ontario real estate empire is under bankruptcy protection, owing hundreds of lenders tens of millions of dollars.