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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2022-04-23

How to Make Credit Card Purchases Safer – Banks, Are You Paying Attention

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Do you worry about the security of your credit card information when you provide it to lesser known merchants to make payments ? Do you worr...
2020-10-02

The MEC Mess an Intuitive Understanding

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These comments are not based on any comprehensive analysis but rather my intuitive response to what has been filed in court and published o...
2008-04-17

Health Minister Says Retailers Should Not Care About Customers Health

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According to a report in the Ottawa Citizen Health Minister Tony Clement thinks retailers should not be concerned about the health and safe...
2008-04-07

A Nineteenth of A Cent For Your Thoughts

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That’s what a penny buys today, compared to 1914, which is as far back as the Bank of Canada Inflation Calculator goes. The buying power of...
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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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