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.

2007-11-30

Police Tylenol Deaths Raise Questions

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After reading this , I have to ask: How many people have died in police custody after being given Tylenol. This goes along with the question...
2007-11-29

Much Ado About A "Right" Nobody Wants

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Bill C-6 provides that "an elector shall have an uncovered face when the elector is proving his or her identity". So just what is ...
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2007-11-28

This Just In - Hillier to Resign

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After months of negotiations the government has reached an agreement in the dispute over the Chief of Defence Staff's refusal to take di...
2007-11-27

Facebook: From Networking to Marketing

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Facebook began at Harvard University and was soon opened up to all universities, university students and alumni. It was a wonderful network...
2007-11-26

Racism in the Context of Time - The Full Story

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These words were taken from my Grade 13 history notes from 1968-1969 (Mr. Varpio, LaSalle Secondary School, Sudbury, Ontario). They are from...
2007-11-23

Racism in the Context of Time

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Was the man who said this a racist: I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about the social or political equality of the white an...
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2007-11-22

Bill Teron’s Plan to Destroy The Greenbelt

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According to the Ottawa Citizen , “Kanata’s founder”, developer Bill Teron, thinks that there are not enough people using the Greenbelt so ...
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2007-11-21

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Complexity and Simplicity

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The complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be seen in it’s long history , yet it’s solution is a basically simple one. The confl...
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2007-11-20

Tasing Is Oh So Funny

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At least according to Fox News it is. Watch the video and read more about it here . This whole subject just keeps getting more disgusting a...
2007-11-19

Should Carbon Offsets Be Mandatory

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My wife and I are planning to travel to Vienna for our 30th anniversary, which means we will be flying. Although our specific plans are not ...
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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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