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.

2008-02-29

Reflections on Cuba and Castro

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The retirement of Fidel Castro has raised renewed interest in Cuba. Here are some resources that I found that might be of interest. From the...
2008-02-28

Holy Shit Diaperman

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The Ontario Minister of Health may not have much experience with diapers but it only takes common sense to figure out that nobody is going t...
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2008-02-27

Stéphane You Have A Responsibility to The People of Canada

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Canada is a Parliamentary democracy. As such, the government must retain the confidence of a majority in the House of Commons in order to co...
2008-02-26

Some Good News About Police Taser Use

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The good news about Tasers is that, with proper training, they can be used more responsibly by police. The CBC reports that: The use of Tas...
2008-02-25

Folk Music Heroes on Television This Week

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Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger fought the battle for the rights of common people and workers with music. Tuesday at night at 9:00 PM on Visio...
2008-02-22

Hillier Sees Democracy as a Sign of Weakness

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Debate is the basis of our Parliamentary democracy. Indeed, even the word “Parliament” is derived from the French “parler”. parliament ...
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2008-02-21

I Hope You’re All Offended

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I have no intention of apologizing for this, nor of apologizing for something without knowing what it is I am apologizing for. But apparentl...
2008-02-20

Should Canada Recognize Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence

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The province of Kosovo has unilaterally declared independence from the nation state of Serbia and the countries of the world are lining u...
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2008-02-19

Long Live Fidel ! Long Live Cuba !

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The Fifth Column interrupts it's blogging holiday to wish Fidel Castro best wishes on his retirement and the people of Cuba best wishes...
2008-02-18

Blogging Holiday

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The Fifth Column is taking an extended Family Day Weekend break and will return on Wednesday.
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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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