“In a 3-0 ruling seen as a direct challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Newfoundland Court of Appeal warns of potentially widespread unrest arising from ‘undue incursions by the judiciary into the policy domain of the elected branches of government.’…The court said the separation of powers between legislatures and the judiciary was forged ‘in bloodshed,’ a historical reality that has been forgotten as contemporary judges tinker with legislation.”

Jeff Goodall, “Fight Back”: Canada Free Press, December 16^th, 2002.

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“The unfortunate Metropolitan Toronto is Bambi in this case, with Mel Lastman and his North York cohorts being Godzilla. Destruction was total, as most of Metro’s key staff and big-numbers men fled in the face of the advancing onslaught. Melzilla then filled all the key positions with his own small-town operators, and the deterioration began… I described many of the woes in the Finance Department in the articles for which I now find myself enjoying early retirement…” 

Jeff Goodall, “Fight Back”: December 16, 2002.

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“I am now ‘going public’ as I believe that the taxpayers have a right to know how some of the potential gains from amalgamation are being squandered or jeopardized by inattention at best, and outright incompetence at worst. I am afraid of repercussions, but I am quite frankly sick and tired of the incomplete or inefficient direction that we receive, and of the callous and uncaring treatment to which the staff of the Finance Department Accounting Division are being subjected.” 

Jeff Goodall, Cover Story: May 9^th to 30^th, 2000.

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“…the lack of central leadership and control has enabled staff to make up their own rules, encouraged them to use their more familiar existing systems wherever possible, and the resulting power vacuum has provided fertile ground for squabbling and empire-building. We are competing against each other for control of day-to-day procedures and routines, not working together under a unified command as we should be.”

Jeff Goodall, “Cover Story”: May 5^th – June 5^th, 2000.

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“Dogs were also used to pull small artillery pieces and machine guns, sometimes in harness just like sled dogs.”

Jeff Goodall “Fight Back”: Canada Free Press, November 11^th, 2002.

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Gander picked up a grenade in his mouth and carried it away, being killed instantly when it exploded. It was said of him that “He had seen many grenades explode in the days leading up to that moment. He saw something dangerous, and took it away from his friends.”

Jeff Goodall “Fight Back”: Canada Free Press, November 25^th, 2002.

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“…Peter Marcelline, then the immediate past-chairman of the Caribbean Cultural Committee, (Caribana), who in 1994 arranged for Kidd to accompany him at Local 79 expense to a “Solidarity for Cuba” convention, held in Windsor because the Cuban delegates were denied admittance to the U.S.” 

Jeff Goodall, “Fight Back”: October 21^st, 2002.

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