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.

2008-10-24

The Governor Has No Clothes

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Apparently: McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree - and he answered each one more or less the same way: Pa...
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2008-10-16

The Liberals Learn Their Lesson

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The choice of Stéphane Dion as Liberal leader may have been a compromise. But it was also a decision to choose a thinker, rather than a comm...
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2008-10-13

Today We Give Thanks

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On this election eve Thanksgiving Day we can give thanks for living in a democracy and having the right to vote. Perhaps some day we will be...
2008-10-09

I Challenge Jack and Stéphane

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If Canadian voters get their way one of you will be the leader of a minority government with the other holding the balance of power. I chall...
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2008-10-06

I Like The New Tory TV Ad

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I have to say I like the new Conservative Party "certainty" ad, although it is not available on their website. It is not an attack...
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2008-10-01

The Great Debate - My Predictions

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As an almost unilingual anglophone I will not be making predictions on the French debate, but I am posting my English debate predictions now...
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2008-09-30

Why Green Party Supporters Should Vote NDP

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“I'd rather have no Green seats and Stephen Harper lose, than a full caucus that stares across the floor at Stephen Harper as prime mini...
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2008-09-29

Easier Trail Mapping With My New GPS

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Last year I started mapping the Greenbelt trails using my GPS unit. With my older GPS unit it was a long complicated process requiring that ...
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...
2008-09-18

We Can Stop Stephen Harper

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As the federal election campaign begins, early polls have indicated the possibility of a Harper majority. How can this be. We have a combina...
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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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