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.

2007-06-21

A Trip to the Chocolate Factory

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You may have noticed I missed a couple of weeks posting to my blog. We have had visitors for the last two weeks and I have neglected the blo...
2007-06-02

Is The War on Drugs a War on the Poor

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Canada’s ideological Harper government has decided that the best way to fight crime and the drug problem is to emulate the policies of the c...
2007-05-25

Do We Need Electoral Reform

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Is our system of representative government broken. Does it require fixing. Some will argue that, because the representation of parties in ou...
2007-05-17

Should The Peace Movement Align Itself With Forces Involved in Armed Struggle

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An article by Don Butler , CanWest News Service in the National Post on May 8, 2007 reports that: “Canadian activists were out in force at ...
2007-05-08

Should Bicycle Helmets be Mandatory

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This column was inspired by a discussion on MTB Kanata Whenever I see someone on a bike without a helmet, whether on the trails or the roa...
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2007-05-01

Workers of the World Unite

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Today is May Day, also known as International Workers' Day. The first day of May is a day of celebration and solidarity for working peop...
2007-04-26

Should Canadian Forces Be In Afghanistan

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This is not as simple a question as “Should Canadian Forces be in Iraq ?”. The Iraq war is a unilateral violation of international law based...
2007-04-19

NewSpeak Environmental Economics

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According to an article on the CBC website : Canada remains committed to the principles of the Kyoto protocol, but meeting its promises on r...
2007-04-12

Is Trade Evil

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Trade has become a sacred cow with no one questioning its costs. Even anti-globalization organizations do not argue against trade but argue ...
2007-04-04

Can Sociology Save the World

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This column is dedicated to my daughters who are studying Sociology at Ryerson University and Glendon College at York University. When I was...
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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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