RE:Hypothetical questionsJim,
The sale of 14% share of BBD by the family is valued = 2.5M sharesX 1.50$ X 14% =525 K$ CDN
not much to get the control of BA that is value 6.6G$ US, unless you transfer 5G$ debt with it.
But a spin off BA private or public in wich Beaudoin family is involved is a possible scenario . The Carlyle group/ Textron would certainly consider the Beaudoin family in the finacial structure.