As a representative of the company, Goldie was present at several conferences organized in 1902 by E. W. B. Snider and Daniel B. Detweiler to draft a report to the Ontario government on the benefits of making hydroelectric power generated at Niagara Falls available to the rest of the province.

[6] Having retired from the milling industry in 1918, The Globe recorded that "it was partly due to the tremendous popularity that he gained in his business associations that he achieved such great success when he entered politics a few years later.

As chairman of the Social Service Council, he spoke of his "personal interest in the case of the feeble-minded," affirming that the Ferguson government would do everything in its power to solve the problem of providing adequate care to those with mental illness.

[10] In 1927, Goldie implemented a program that included the organization of a dental service for all provincial inmates in addition to the training of occupational therapists for work in prisons.

These committees were first implemented in Hamilton and were to be made up of "leading citizens", with Goldie stating the government's objective of fostering a sympathetic link between the public and insane asylums to ensure that no wrongful admittances would occur in the future.