THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

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2020-09-04

Is Charity Evil

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We supposedly live in a major developed industrialized country which is one of the seven most advanced economies in the world, yet: many pe...
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2019-09-15

On Inequality, Democracy and Taxing the Rich – A Modest Proposal

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No doubt many raised in our capitalist society, where inequality rules and excessive incomes and wealth are seen as a right (and where even...
2008-09-23

The Carbon Tax - A Lost Liberal Opportunity

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A carbon tax is a good idea, if done properly. The Liberal Carbon Tax Plan is a bad idea for a number of reasons. The carbon tax plan adds a...
2007-12-14

The Role of the Ethics Committee in the Mulroney-Schreiber Affair

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Some people, including Conservative Members on the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics , argue that the Committe...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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