Quotes by Gail Davidson

“There is still only Mitch and I in the business, which may be one of the classic small business mistakes weve made, ... Were turning over nearly $1 million a year with just two people. The first challenge that comes to mind is that we designed something, got it on the market and suddenly were running a tank business with momentum.”

“We do have an answering machine but we suffer from lack of a staff member,”

“We were both from the country and were more aware of water being an issue that wasnt going away, but when we talked to people about it they looked at us blankly and said: Why would you want to store water in your fence?,”

“One of the two main things we had going for us was that we had no money, so we couldnt just launch into making the mould because, if we had, we would have wasted a lot of time and money,”

“Pricing was one of our downfalls, ... Neither of us had done retail before - were designers trying to be wholesalers. I kept ringing around getting every cost, trying to think of everything that was going into the product but I think we did it the wrong way.”

“As things turned out we stuck to that price but I think we underestimated and we havent left ourselves enough margin,”

“Its probably our biggest challenge as I feel weve been a bit shotgun, ... We have people ringing up and saying Do you want to advertise in this magazine, and we say OK without knowing the value. How much do you have to spend to get that cut-through?”

“This is a very important victory ... because it ensures that the proceedings will be scrutinized by people in Canada and throughout the world, to make sure that the law is applied fairly and properly and, above all, to make sure that Bush doesnt get away with torture.”

“The American legal system seems incapable of bringing him to justice and there are no international courts with jurisdiction. So its up to Canada to enforce the law that everybody has signed on to but nobody else seems willing to apply.”

“I dont know that I would call it a victory quite yet, ... but it is at least a step in the right direction. People deserve to know what is happening here.”