Goldhawk graduated from the journalism program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1967[2] and began his career as a reporter for the Toronto Telegram.
[2] Goldhawk Fights Back began as a consumer advocacy segment on CBLT's dinner hour newscast in the 1980s — Newshour.
[6][2] He then hosted Goldhawk Live, a nightly current affairs interview and phone in show, which aired on Rogers Television from 2001 until 2013.
[7] Goldhawk has also been involved in a consumer advocacy battle over the past decade against "bad faith business practices" that he claims are a major cause of net debt.
Goldhawk worked on and off with then-Toronto police chief Julian Fantino in efforts to enforce heavier fines on illegal garbage dumping in Ontario as part of the Warwick Watford Landfill Committee.